71.8% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 66.6%
- 2021: 71.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ali Curung · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ali Curung
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 71.8% of people in Ali Curung use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places in the region. Only 23.1% of residents speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home is far higher than in the rest of the Northern Territory. This is alongside a higher rate of people who speak little or no English, at 5.8%.
5.8% ▼ -46.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Ali Curung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70004/ali-curung/topic/language