3.3% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
White Gums · Suburb / Locality
Language in White Gums
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in White Gums, where only 3.3% of people use another language at home. This is far below the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia. The area is very sparsely populated, with almost everyone speaking English fluently.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 78% of residents, and the proportion of people using other languages is far below the national figure. Despite this, the area has a higher share of people who speak little or no English than most similar areas, though this still remains well below the state and national levels 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in White Gums [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70285/white-gums/topic/language