28.0% ▲ +80.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rapid Creek · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rapid Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 28% of people in Rapid Creek speak a language other than English at home, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. While this is well above the national figure, it is well below the Northern Territory average. This creates a diverse linguistic mix in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people speak only English, but 2.4% speak Punjabi and 1.5% speak Greek. Only 2.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for both the state and the nation.
2.1% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 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 Rapid Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70231/rapid-creek/topic/language