Pipalyatjara, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara

The languages of Pipalyatjara

In Pipalyatjara, 128 people speak a language other than English at home, and Pitjantjatjara leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. Behind it sits Ngaanyatjarra. Pipalyatjara's share is above Australia as a whole, at more than three times the rate.

Residents
152
Speak another language
84.2%-13.5%
Languages spoken
3
Born overseas
1.9%

How many people in Pipalyatjara speak Pitjantjatjara?

Pitjantjatjara at home

77%

Ngaanyatjarra, in second place, has far fewer speakers.

Which other languages are spoken in Pipalyatjara?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Non-verbal, so described
    3

Is Pipalyatjara more multilingual than Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara?

Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara has much the same share.

Pipalyatjara
84.2%
Australia
21.3%
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
84.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Which countries are Pipalyatjara's residents from?

Among residents born overseas, Papua New Guinea leads.

  1. 01
    Papua New Guinea
    3

What religions are reported in Pipalyatjara?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    44-25.4%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    16-51.5%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Pipalyatjara is part of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.