45.0% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barkly · State Electorate
Language in Barkly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English at home in Barkly compared to most similar areas. Nearly half of the population uses another language, a figure that has climbed steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 45% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 43.8%, a small number of residents also speak Tagalog or Mandarin; meanwhile, 4.6% of people speak little or no English.
4.6% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
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).
More for Barkly
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70004/barkly/topic/language