82.3% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 83.2%
- 2016: 80.5%
- 2021: 82.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gunbalanya · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gunbalanya
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 82.3% of people in Gunbalanya use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places in the region, with only 11.6% of residents speaking English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure far above both the Territory and national averages. This high rate of non-English use is among the highest for similar areas.
15.1% ▲ +141.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Gunbalanya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70115/gunbalanya/topic/language