20.4% ▲ +98.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Katherine South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Katherine South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 12 percentage points separates Katherine South from the Northern Territory average for people using another language at home. While about 20% of residents speak a language other than English, this is much higher than in most similar areas. Most people here speak only English, which accounts for 60.8% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 20.4% of people use another language at home, though this is far below the Northern Territory figure. The most common non-English languages are Punjabi, Mandarin, and Tagalog. Around 2.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.8% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70146/katherine-south/topic/language