36.9% ▲ +49.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
The Gap · Suburb / Locality
Language in The Gap
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in three people in The Gap now use a language other than English at home, marking a shift toward greater diversity since 2011. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making the area one of the most linguistically diverse of its kind in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 36.9% of residents use a language other than English, which is well above the Northern Territory average. While English is spoken by 51.8%, other common languages include Mandarin, Punjabi, and Tagalog, though 3.6% of people still speak little or no English.
3.6% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70253/the-gap/topic/language