82.7% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 81.5%
- 2016: 80.7%
- 2021: 82.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Finke · Suburb / Locality
Language in Finke
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Finke has one of the highest rates of diverse language use among similar areas. A huge 82.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents here use a language other than English, with only 12% speaking English only. This is far above the Northern Territory's 32.4%, and 8.4% of people speak little or no English.
8.4% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Finke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70099/finke/topic/language