11.0% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nhulunbuy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Nhulunbuy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 11% of people in Nhulunbuy use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the national average, though the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66.2% of residents speak only English, 11% use another language at home, a figure well below the Northern Territory's 32.4%. Very few people—just 0.8%—speak little or no English, which is lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
0.8% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Nhulunbuy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702041064/nhulunbuy/topic/language