78.6% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.5%
- 2016: 80.2%
- 2021: 78.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kalkarindji · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kalkarindji
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 79% of people in Kalkarindji speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 13.6% of residents speak only English at home. While most people use another language, about 4.4% speak little or no English, which is slightly above the Australian figure of 3.4%.
4.4% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Kalkarindji [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70141/kalkarindji/topic/language