63.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tiwi Islands · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tiwi Islands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than six out of ten people in the Tiwi Islands use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. While the use of other languages is far above the national figure, this does not limit communication, as nobody in the community speaks little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A striking 63.4% of residents speak another language at home, which is far above the 32.4% seen in the Northern Territory. Despite this high rate of multilingualism, the area is well below the national figure for those struggling with English, with 0.0% reporting they speak little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 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 Tiwi Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70263/tiwi-islands/topic/language