91.5% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 88.0%
- 2016: 93.2%
- 2021: 91.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Galiwinku · Urban Centre
Language in Galiwinku
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
An overwhelming 91.5% of people in Galiwinku speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as one of the most linguistically diverse places in the region. The use of non-English languages has risen steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.8% of residents use English only at home, which is far above the state and national figures. This is consistent with 26.5% of people speaking little or no English, a figure that rose 6.0 percentage points since 2016.
26.5% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 Galiwinku [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715001/galiwinku/topic/language