19.9% ▲ +76.2%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Katherine · State Electorate
Language in Katherine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Katherine use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While about 20% of the population speaks another language, the number of people who struggle with English is very low.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 19.9% of people use another language at home, a figure that rose 8.6 points since 2011, though this is far below the Northern Territory average. Most residents speak only English (63.5%), and only 1.6% speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
1.6% ▼ -69.9%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70017/katherine/topic/language