83.8% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 88.1%
- 2016: 79.4%
- 2021: 83.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wadeye · Urban Centre
Language in Wadeye
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than eight out of ten people in Wadeye speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and represents one of the highest rates for any similar area. While the use of other languages has dipped slightly since 2011, the community remains linguistically diverse.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 83.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Northern Territory's 32.4%. Around 17.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is far above the national average but has fallen from 26.7% in 2016.
17.5% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Wadeye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715008/wadeye/topic/language