81.9% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.7%
- 2016: 78.8%
- 2021: 81.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yuendumu · Suburb / Locality
Language in Yuendumu
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 82% of people in Yuendumu use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, where English is the only language spoken by just 12.7% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 81.9% of residents using another language at home is far above the Northern Territory's 32.4%. This high level of diversity is alongside a slightly higher proportion of people who speak little or no English (6.2%) compared to the national figure of 3.4%.
6.2% ▼ -52.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Yuendumu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70301/yuendumu/topic/language