46.9% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 94% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northern Territory - Outback · Region (SA4)
Language in Northern Territory - Outback
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all people in the Northern Territory - Outback now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011. This makes the region far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 43%, 6.2% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most other areas.
6.2% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Northern Territory - Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/702/northern-territory-outback/topic/language