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Language in Not in any Significant Urban Area

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

More people have spoken a language other than English at home in Not in any Significant Urban Area (NT) since 2011, with the figure rising to 46.2%. This makes the region far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the Territory and Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Nearly half of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This high level of diversity is seen alongside 6.5% of people who speak little or no English, a rate well above the Australian average.

People using another language at home

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46.2% ▲ +8.2%

Higher than 99% of urban area areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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6.5% ▲ +5.9%

Higher than 99% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area, English only is the majority at 97%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

English only 41.4% Vietnamese 0.3% Tagalog 0.3% Mandarin 0.3% Punjabi 0.1% Greek 0.1% Italian 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Cantonese 0.0%

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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/language