25.2% ▲ +52.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Alice Springs · Urban Centre
Language in Alice Springs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language spoken in Alice Springs, where 67.6% of people use it exclusively at home. The area has a high level of linguistic variety for its size, with over a quarter of residents speaking another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.2% of people use another language at home, a figure that rose 8.7 points since 2011 and is a little above the national figure. While this is much higher than most areas, 2.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is slightly below the Northern Territory and national figures.
2.3% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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/ucl/UCL712001/alice-springs/topic/language