Mulka · State Electorate

Language in Mulka

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

A huge 41 percentage point gap separates Mulka from the national average in the number of people using a language other than English at home. This is a linguistically diverse place where 63.1% of residents speak another language, a figure that has remained steady since 2011.

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📍 Mulka, State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 63.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 32.4%. This aligns with the fact that 13.2% of residents speak little or no English, a proportion that rose 13 points since 2016.

63.1% ▲ +0.6%

Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 62.8%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 63.1%

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

13.2% ▲ +2226.0%

Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 13.2%

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 Mulka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70018/mulka/topic/language