20.2% ▲ +109.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Katherine East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Katherine East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 65.2% of people in Katherine East. While this is the most common tongue, about one in five residents speaks another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 20.2% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the Northern Territory figure of 32.4%. Outside of English, the most common languages are Tagalog, Punjabi, Arabic, and Hindi. Very few people speak little or no English at 1.5%, which is a little below the national figure.
1.5% ▲ +38.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Katherine East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70145/katherine-east/topic/language