49.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burt Plain · Suburb / Locality
Language in Burt Plain
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Burt Plain use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, with a significant portion of the population speaking languages other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 49.6% of people use another language at home, which is far above the Northern Territory's 32.4% and Australia's 22.3%. Consistent with this diversity, 7.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
7.4% ▲ +42.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Burt Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70045/burt-plain/topic/language