26.2% ▲ +49.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darwin · Urban Centre
Language in Darwin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of the population now speaks a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 8.6 percentage points since 2011. Darwin is a diverse hub where 26.2% of people use another language, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 64.1% of people speak only English, those using other languages include Greek (2.5%), Tagalog (2.1%) and Mandarin (1.7%). This linguistic variety is high compared to similar areas, though only 2.7% of residents speak little or no English.
2.7% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
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/ucl/UCL703001/darwin/topic/language