17.6% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jabiru · Suburb / Locality
Language in Jabiru
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 70% of people in Jabiru speak only English at home. While this is far below the Northern Territory average, the town still sees more people using a language other than English than most similar areas across the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.6% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas despite being well below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 1.9% of people speak little or no English, a rate slightly below both the state and national figures.
1.9% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Jabiru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70136/jabiru/topic/language