32.9% ▲ +78.6%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Darwin · State Electorate
Language in Port Darwin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 14% more people in Port Darwin have started speaking another language at home since 2011. This shift means 32.9% of residents now use a language other than English, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 55.1% of people, Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.0%. Only 2.5% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure.
2.5% ▼ -39.9%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Port Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70022/port-darwin/topic/language