83.8% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 88.0%
- 2016: 79.4%
- 2021: 83.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wadeye · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wadeye
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
An overwhelming 83.8% of people in Wadeye use a language other than English at home. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, with a proportion of non-English speakers far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 12.3% of residents speak English only, and 17.5% speak little or no English. Both figures are far above the totals for the Northern Territory and Australia.
17.5% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Wadeye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70275/wadeye/topic/language