78.0% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 81.3%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 78.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mutitjulu · Urban Centre
Language in Mutitjulu
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people in Mutitjulu speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. About 78% of residents use another language, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar locations.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 78% of people use a language other than English, 9.1% speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average. Both of these numbers have fallen slightly since recent censuses, though only 13.9% of residents speak English only.
9.1% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Mutitjulu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722023/mutitjulu/topic/language