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MacDonnell Regional Council LGA's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
MacDonnell Regional Council LGA's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
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Language used at home - Summary | |||||||
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MacDonnell Regional Council LGA - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language summary | Number | % | RDA Northern Territory % | Number | % | RDA Northern Territory % | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 902 | 15.7 | 57.3 | 863 | 14.3 | 58.0 | +39 |
Non-English total | 3,969 | 69.1 | 32.4 | 3,622 | 60.1 | 29.4 | +347 |
Not stated | 877 | 15.3 | 10.3 | 1,544 | 25.6 | 12.6 | -667 |
Total Population | 5,748 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,029 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -281 |
Language used at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
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MacDonnell Regional Council LGA - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language (excludes English) | Number | % | RDA Northern Territory % | Number | % | RDA Northern Territory % | 2016 to 2021 |
Australian Indigenous Languages | 3,855 | 67.1 | 15.5 | 3,552 | 58.9 | 15.3 | +303 |
Spanish | 14 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +7 |
Filipino/Tagalog | 12 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 2.2 | +9 |
Persian | 10 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | -- | 0.1 | +10 |
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of MacDonnell Regional Council LGA in 2021 compared to the RDA Northern Territory shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 15.7% of the population used English only, and 69.1% used a non-English language, compared with 57.3% and 32.4% respectively for the RDA Northern Territory.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in MacDonnell Regional Council LGA was Australian Indigenous Languages, with 67.1% of the population, or 3,855 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of MacDonnell Regional Council LGA and the RDA Northern Territory in 2021 were:
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 347 or 9.6%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 39 or 4.5%.
The largest change in the languages used by the population in MacDonnell Regional Council LGA between 2016 and 2021 was for those using:
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