9.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tanami · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tanami
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English at home in Tanami compared to most similar areas. While 9% of residents use another language, this is still far below the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 44.4% of the population. Despite the use of other languages being common for the area, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure at 0%.
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).
More for Tanami
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70248/tanami/topic/language