31.9% ▲ +45.0%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darwin Suburbs · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Darwin Suburbs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 10 percentage points more people speak a language other than English in Darwin Suburbs than across Australia. This linguistic diversity has grown quickly, with the share of people using another language at home jumping from 22% to 31.9% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 60% of people speak only English, 31.9% use another language at home, which is much higher than most areas. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Greek, Tagalog, Mandarin and Punjabi, though the 3.7% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure.
3.7% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Darwin Suburbs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70102/darwin-suburbs/topic/language