93.3% —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yuelamu · Urban Centre
Language in Yuelamu
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over nine out of ten people in Yuelamu (L) speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A huge 93.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Northern Territory's 32.4%. Alongside this, 8.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure well above the Australian average of 3.4%.
8.7% —
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
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 Yuelamu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722040/yuelamu/topic/language