16.5% ▲ +54.2%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Drysdale · State Electorate
Language in Drysdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Drysdale, where only 16.5% of residents use another language at home. This is well below the national figure, making it a place where most daily interactions happen in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 69.2% speak only English, the use of other languages has risen 5.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.5%. This is far below the Northern Territory rate, and only 2% of people here speak little or no English.
2.0% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Drysdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70010/drysdale/topic/language