87.3% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.3%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 87.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tanami · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tanami
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 87.3% of people in Tanami speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the Western Australian figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, with very few residents using only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.0% of residents speak English only, while 8.4% speak little or no English. This last figure is well above both the state and national averages.
8.4% ▲ +129.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51433/tanami/topic/language