25.4% ▲ +47.8%
Higher than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darwin · Urban Area
Language in Darwin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
One quarter of the population speaks a language other than English at home, placing Darwin among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This reflects a growing trend, with the proportion of people using another language rising by 8.2 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 65% of residents speak only English, 25.4% use another language at home, which is well above the national figure. Greek, Tagalog, Mandarin and Vietnamese are the most common non-English languages, though 2.6% of people speak little or no English.
2.6% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7002/darwin/topic/language