35.3% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darwin City · Suburb / Locality
Language in Darwin City
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
One of the highest proportions of multilingual residents is found in Darwin City, where 35.3% of people speak a language other than English at home. This figure is far above the national average of 22.3%. It marks the area as a linguistically diverse hub within the Northern Territory.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 52.1% of residents speak only English, others commonly use Mandarin, Vietnamese, Hindi, and Cantonese. This diversity is reflected in the 2.7% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most other areas.
2.7% ▼ -41.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Darwin City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70073/darwin-city/topic/language