14.8% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Palmerston - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Palmerston - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 14.8% of people in Palmerston - North use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Northern Territory figure. While this is well below the national average, the proportion of people speaking other languages has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.8% of the area, with Greek and Tagalog each spoken by 1.3% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English (1.8%), a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits a little below the national and state figures.
1.8% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Palmerston - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701041041/palmerston-north/topic/language