3.4% ▼ -57.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rum Jungle · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rum Jungle
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap exists between Rum Jungle and the rest of the country in language use, as only 3.4% of people here speak a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 75% of residents. While this is far below the state and national figures for non-English speakers, 0.0% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Rum Jungle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70236/rum-jungle/topic/language