85.2% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.9%
- 2016: 71.7%
- 2021: 85.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarralin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Yarralin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Yarralin speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. An overwhelming 85.2% of residents use a different language, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This creates a unique linguistic landscape where only 6.7% of the population speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Language diversity is very high here, with 85.2% of people using another language at home—well above the Northern Territory's 32.4%. This is reflected in the 10.2% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above both the territory and national averages.
10.2% ▼ -51.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Yarralin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70297/yarralin/topic/language