83.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 83.4%
- 2016: 90.4%
- 2021: 83.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barunga · Suburb / Locality
Language in Barunga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 83.7% of people in Barunga use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and among the highest rates seen in similar areas. It marks the place as a linguistic hotspot within the Northern Territory.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 14.2% of residents speak English only, while 12.5% speak little or no English. This last figure is well above both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
12.5% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Barunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70023/barunga/topic/language