70.9% ▲ +77.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 70.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nauiyu · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nauiyu
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Roughly 71% of people in Nauiyu use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. Most residents speak a non-English language, though very few struggle to communicate in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70.9% of residents use another language at home—far above the Northern Territory's 32.4%—only 2.6% speak little or no English. This is about the same as the national figure, despite the high use of other languages.
2.6% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Nauiyu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70203/nauiyu/topic/language