15.3% ▲ +54.2%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blain · State Electorate
Language in Blain
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Blain use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the territory. Only 15.3% of residents speak another language, which is well below the national figure. While this is a small group, the number of people using a second language has risen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.4% of residents, and the area's 15.3% rate of non-English use is far below the Northern Territory's 32.4%. Other languages spoken include Tagalog, Greek and Vietnamese, though only 1.8% of people speak little or no English.
1.8% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Blain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70005/blain/topic/language