24.8% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Araluen · Suburb / Locality
Language in Araluen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Araluen compared to similar areas. While 24.8% of the community uses another language at home, this is still well below the Northern Territory figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (70.5%), but Punjabi is the most common other language at 2.4%. Only 2.5% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70015/araluen/topic/language