5.4% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Humpty Doo · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 85.8% of people in Humpty Doo. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, it remains far less diverse than the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.4% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, 1.0% of the population speaks little or no English, a rate that is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.4% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.0% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Humpty Doo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70132/humpty-doo/topic/language