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Roper Gulf Regional Council LGA

Proficiency in English

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In Roper Gulf Regional Council LGA in 2021, 472 people who spoke a language other than English at home reported difficulty speaking English.

Proficiency in English measures the self-assessed proficiency in spoken English of people who speak a language other than English at home. The data, when viewed with other ethnic and cultural indicators, such as Ancestry, Country of Birth, Language Spoken at Home and Religion, reflects Roper Gulf Regional Council LGA's ethnic composition and how long the overseas born have been in Australia. This helps service providers determine whether they need to communicate with the local population in languages other than English.

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Derived from the Census question:

'How well does the person speak English?'

Proficiency in English
Roper Gulf Regional Council LGA - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
English proficiencyNumber%RDA Northern Territory %Number%RDA Northern Territory %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only1,58724.557.31,79827.758.0-211
Speaks English well or very well3,72357.428.83,43552.825.5+288
Speaks English not well or not at all4727.33.95558.53.9-83
Not stated70710.910.071411.012.6-7
Total population6,489100.0100.06,502100.0100.0-13
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the proficiency in English data of the population in Roper Gulf Regional Council LGA in 2021 compared to the RDA Northern Territory shows that there was a lower proportion of people who spoke English only, and a higher proportion of people who spoke another language and English not well or not at all.

Overall, 24.5% of people spoke English only, and 7.3% spoke another language and English not well or not at all, compared with 57.3% and 3.9% respectively for the RDA Northern Territory.

Emerging groups

The most significant changes in the proficiency in English of the population in this area between 2016 and 2021 were in those speaking:

  • Speaks English well or very well (+288 persons)
  • Speaks English only (-211 persons)
  • Speaks English not well or not at all (-83 persons)

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