Arabic
6 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Groote Archipelago, Northern Territory
Languages spoken in Groote Archipelago
Anindilyakwa is the most widely spoken First Nations language in Groote Archipelago, where about 1,500 people speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. Groote Archipelago has more than three times the rate of other-language speakers found nationally.
- Residents
- 1,783
- Speak another language
- 1,457
- Languages at home
- 9
- Change since 2016
- +3.0%
Which First Nations languages are spoken in Groote Archipelago?
2 First Nations languages have speakers here, led by Anindilyakwa, Kriol and Nunggubuyu. Together they account for almost all of those who speak a language other than English. The census couldn't name the language for another 37 people, which it files under broad ABS categories.
- 011,367+3.9%
- 0241+1267%
- 033-40.0%
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 Groote Archipelago from Darwin?
Groote Archipelago's share outstrips the share for Darwin, at about two and a half times the rate. Among the Northern Territory councils, Groote Archipelago ranks 17th.
- Groote Archipelago
- 81.7%
- Darwin
- 29.4%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which languages have the most speakers in Groote Archipelago, First Nations included?
The chip beside each count is the change since 2016. Totals include broad ABS categories like "Chinese, nfd" that the list leaves out.
- 011,367+3.9%
- 0241+1267%
- 036
- 043
- 053-40.0%
- 060-100%
- 070-100%
- 080-100%
- 090-100%
Which other languages are spoken in Groote Archipelago?
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.
Hindi
3 speakers
Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.
Which localities in Groote Archipelago have the most speakers of other languages?
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- AnguruguLed by Anindilyakwa94%825
- MilyakburraLed by Anindilyakwa89%103
- UmbakumbaLed by Anindilyakwa81%338
- AnindilyakwaLed by Anindilyakwa51%191
- 4 suburbs in Groote Archipelago. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
How does Groote Archipelago look on the map?
Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national 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.
The headline 81.7% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 217 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 93.9%, while measuring only those who answered gives 93.0%.
National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.
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