2.7% ▼ -51.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darwin River · Suburb / Locality
Language in Darwin River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Darwin River, where only 2.7% of people use another tongue at home. This is far below the figures for the Northern Territory and the rest of Australia, meaning very few residents rely on translation or multilingual services in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 79.4% of residents speak only English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% for other languages. While very few people use a second language, the 1.3% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.3% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70074/darwin-river/topic/language