18.5% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Marrara · Suburb / Locality
Language in Marrara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher numbers of people speak a language other than English in Marrara compared to most similar areas. While 18.5% of residents use another language at home, this is still well below the national figure and the Northern Territory average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.4% of people, followed by Tagalog, Mandarin, Cantonese and Greek. Only 2.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below both the national and territory figures.
2.1% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Marrara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70178/marrara/topic/language