93.0% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 91.8%
- 2016: 79.5%
- 2021: 93.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wutunugurra · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wutunugurra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Wutunugurra is shaped by a very high own-language use, with 93% of people speaking a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. It is one of the areas with the highest rates of non-English language use in the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents use a language other than English, and 8.4% speak little or no English, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 3.9%. Punjabi is the most common non-English language spoken here, used by 4.2% of the population.
8.4% ▼ -57.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Wutunugurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70296/wutunugurra/topic/language