88.8% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 81.0%
- 2016: 85.6%
- 2021: 88.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nyirripi · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nyirripi
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 89% of people in Nyirripi use a language other than English at home, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak a language other than English, while only 8.4% use English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 88.8% who use another language at home is far above the Northern Territory's 32.4%. Meanwhile, the 4.0% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure of 3.4%.
4.0% ▼ -55.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Nyirripi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70215/nyirripi/topic/language