28.5% ▲ +56.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Larrakeyah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Larrakeyah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of the people in Larrakeyah speak another language at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. While 28.5% use a non-English language, the area remains very accessible with only 2% of residents speaking little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 60.4% of residents, but the community also speaks Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Greek. The proportion of people using another language is well above the national figure, though it is well below the Northern Territory average.
2.0% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Larrakeyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70159/larrakeyah/topic/language