24.4% ▲ +52.0%
Higher than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Alice Springs · Urban Area
Language in Alice Springs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in four people in Alice Springs use a language other than English at home. This represents a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of people speaking another language rose by 8.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 68.1% of residents speak only English, 24.4% use another language, which is a little above the national figure. A small number of people, 2.3%, speak little or no English, a rate that is much higher than most areas but a little below the Territory average.
2.3% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7001/alice-springs/topic/language