91.5% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 90.2%
- 2016: 86.0%
- 2021: 91.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ngukurr · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ngukurr
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 91.5% of people in Ngukurr use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse at its level, with very few residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.2% of the community speaks English only. This high use of other languages is reflected in the 13.0% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
13.0% ▲ +254.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Ngukurr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70207/ngukurr/topic/language