91.3% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.7%
- 2016: 96.0%
- 2021: 91.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jilkminggan · Urban Centre
Language in Jilkminggan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 91.3% of people in Jilkminggan (L) speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia, and the proportion has risen by 23 points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.8% of residents use English only at home. While 9.5% of people speak little or no English—a figure well above the national average—this is a fall of 13 points since 2016.
9.5% ▼ -57.9%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Jilkminggan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722017/jilkminggan/topic/language