Nepali
36 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.
Barkly, Northern Territory
The languages of Barkly
The 2021 Census counted about 2,700 people in Barkly speaking a First Nations language at home, with Alyawarr the most common. Only four languages reach one in 100 residents. In Darwin, the share speaking another language is lower than in Barkly.
- Residents
- 6,155
- Speak another language
- 3,004
- Languages at home
- 57
- Change since 2016
- −3.4%
What First Nations languages are spoken at home in Barkly?
The census names Alyawarr, Warumungu and Warlpiri as the most spoken First Nations languages. Among residents who speak another language at home, a First Nations language is the choice of 88 per cent of them.
- 011,707+26.0%
- 02361+28.0%
- 03295+13.0%
- 04115+49.4%
- 0545-29.7%
- 0633+37.5%
- 0721+31.3%
- 0820+122%
- 0914-77.8%
- 1012
The ABS’s own post-enumeration survey found the census missed a much larger share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than of the population overall, so counts here are best read as a floor.
How different is Barkly from the Northern Territory?
Barkly's share sits above the share for the Northern Territory. Only five councils in the Northern Territory rank higher.
- Barkly
- 48.8%
- Northern Territory
- 32.1%
- Darwin
- 29.4%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
How do Barkly's languages rank?
Ranked by speakers, with the movement since the previous census. Unnamed ABS categories ("Chinese, nfd" and the like) are left off the list but kept in the totals.
Which other languages are spoken in Barkly?
These lead among languages from overseas.
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.
How do the localities of Barkly compare?
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- WutunugurraLed by Alyawarr96%132
- Davenport (NT)Led by Alyawarr90%57
- AmpilatwatjaLed by Alyawarr88%374
- SandoverLed by Alyawarr82%461
- AlpurrurulamLed by Alyawarr82%289
- Canteen CreekLed by Alyawarr76%110
- Ali CurungLed by Warlpiri73%276
- Tara (NT)Led by Kaytetye63%35
- WarumunguLed by Alyawarr42%107
- Tennant CreekLed by Warumungu33%993
- Elliott (NT)Led by Mudburra32%91
- PamayuLed by Mudburra21%46
- Tablelands (NT)Led by Kriol11%33
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 13 suburbs listed.
How does Barkly look on the map?
Shade reflects the share speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home; council boundaries are from the ABS ASGS 2021. Explore the full Language Map.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
Blank answers matter here. 560 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 48.8%. Count them in and it's 57.9%; drop them from the base and it's 53.7%.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.