83.0% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 90.5%
- 2016: 69.8%
- 2021: 83.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kaltukatjara (Docker River) · Urban Centre
Language in Kaltukatjara (Docker River)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 83% of people in Kaltukatjara (Docker River) use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse for its size. While English is used by some, most residents speak another language in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home fell slightly since 2011 to 83%, which is still far above the Northern Territory's 32.4%. Around 12.7% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has risen since 2016 and sits well above the national average.
12.7% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Kaltukatjara (Docker River) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722018/kaltukatjara/topic/language