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Daly · State Electorate

Language in Daly

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Far more than a quarter of people in Daly use a language other than English at home, reaching 36%. This is well above the Northern Territory and national figures. While English is still the most common tongue, the area has a high level of linguistic diversity.

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📍 Daly, State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 36% of residents speak another language at home, a figure that is far above the Australian average and has risen since 2011. Around 5.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most areas, though this has fallen since 2016.

People using another language at home

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36.0% ▲ +7.4%

Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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5.9% ▼ -27.0%

Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Daly, English only is the majority at 98%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

English only 50.7% Vietnamese 0.5% Mandarin 0.2% Greek 0.1% Italian 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Daly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70009/daly/topic/language