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Language in Tennant Creek

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A far higher proportion of people speak another language at home in Tennant Creek than the national average. About 36.1% of residents use a language other than English, a figure that has jumped 16 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Tennant Creek, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While Tagalog, Mandarin, Punjabi and Hindi are all spoken by small numbers of people, 53.6% of the community speaks only English. Only 2.1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Northern Territory and Australian figures.

People using another language at home

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36.1% ▲ +81.1%

Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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2.1% ▼ -23.0%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Tennant Creek, English only is the majority at 95%; Tagalog is next at 2%.

English only 53.6% Tagalog 1.0% Mandarin 0.4% Punjabi 0.4% Hindi 0.4% Greek 0.3% Arabic 0.2% Cantonese 0.1%

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 Tennant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715007/tennant-creek/topic/language