23.5% ▼ -37.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Johnston · Suburb / Locality
Language in Johnston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A little over 23% of people in Johnston use a language other than English at home, which is slightly above the national figure. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Northern Territory average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, though Tagalog, Punjabi, Greek and Mandarin are also heard. Only 1.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
1.3% ▼ -40.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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 Johnston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70139/johnston/topic/language