88.4% ▲ +567.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 79.0%
- 2021: 88.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Papunya · Urban Centre
Language in Papunya
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 88.4% of people in Papunya speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, marking a massive increase from just 13.2% in 2011. It is one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few people speak only English here, at just 6.6%. This helps explain why 21% of residents speak little or no English, which is far above the 3.4% seen across Australia.
21.0% ▲ +32.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 Papunya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722027/papunya/topic/language