77.5% ▲ +94.5%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 84.3%
- 2021: 77.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Milikapiti · Urban Centre
Language in Milikapiti
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 77.5% of people in Milikapiti use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This represents a huge increase from 39.9% in 2011, making the area one of the most linguistically diverse at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While many residents use other languages, very few struggle with English, with only 1.7% speaking little or no English. This is a little below the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia, and it has fallen since 2016.
1.7% ▼ -51.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Milikapiti [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722021/milikapiti/topic/language