91.8% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 85.2%
- 2016: 83.7%
- 2021: 91.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lajamanu · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lajamanu
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 92% of people in Lajamanu speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This far exceeds both the Northern Territory and national figures. Only 5% of the population use English as their only language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 91.8% of residents use another language at home, 3.8% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Northern Territory's 3.9% and Australia's 3.4%.
3.8% ▼ -71.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Lajamanu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70152/lajamanu/topic/language