23.0% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Victoria River · Suburb / Locality
Language in Victoria River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 60% of people in Victoria River speak only English at home. While about 23% of the population uses another language, this is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Northern Territory figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is about the same as the national figure. Despite this, no one in the area speaks little or no English, a result that is well below both the territory and national rates.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 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 Victoria River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70273/victoria-river/topic/language