6.0% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Marlow Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Language in Marlow Lagoon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 88.3% of people in Marlow Lagoon. While this is far below the Northern Territory and Australian figures, the area actually has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.0% of residents use a language other than English at home, though only 0.5% speak little or no English. These figures are much lower than the national and state averages.
0.5% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Marlow Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70176/marlow-lagoon/topic/language