83.7% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 79.8%
- 2016: 90.4%
- 2021: 83.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barunga · Urban Centre
Language in Barunga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people speak a language other than English at home in Barunga (L) compared to the rest of the country. About 83.7% of residents use another language, which is 61 points above the national figure. This strong trend has grown since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While only 14.2% of people use only English at home, 12.5% of residents speak little or no English. This last figure is well above the Northern Territory average of 3.9% and has risen since 2016.
12.5% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Barunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722009/barunga/topic/language