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Belyuen, Northern Territory

The languages of Belyuen

Kriol is the most widely spoken First Nations language in Belyuen, where 125 people speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census. Just three languages are spoken by at least one in 100 people. Against the Northern Territory, Belyuen is more than twice as multilingual.

Residents
159
Speak another language
125
Languages at home
3
Change since 2016
−8.1%

Which First Nations languages are spoken in Belyuen?

1 First Nations languages have speakers here, led by Kriol and Aboriginal English, so described. Together they account for nearly nine in ten of those who speak a language other than English. The census couldn't name the language for another 7 people, which it files under broad ABS categories.

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 does Belyuen's language picture differ from Darwin?

Belyuen's share outstrips the share for Darwin, at about two and a half times the rate. In the Northern Territory, Belyuen is in 5th place.

Belyuen
78.6%
Darwin
29.4%
Northern Territory
32.1%

Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.

Every council ranked, Belyuen included.

How do Belyuen's languages rank?

Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.

Which multicultural languages have the most speakers in Belyuen?

Beyond First Nations languages, these are the largest.

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.

Where in Belyuen is English least common at home?

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

  • BelyuenLed by Kriol79%125
  • 1 suburbs in Belyuen. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.

Where is Belyuen on the language 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.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

Other sources sometimes quote 78.6% for Belyuen. That figure treats the 0 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 78.6%, and 78.6% is the share among those who answered.

Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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