Nepali
151 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.
Katherine, Northern Territory
Languages spoken in Katherine
The 2021 Census counted about 690 people in Katherine speaking a First Nations language at home, with Kriol the most common. Katherine's share is below the share for Darwin. It's a community that grew fast between the last two censuses.
- Residents
- 9,490
- Speak another language
- 1,620
- Languages at home
- 63
- Change since 2016
- +26.5%
How many people in Katherine speak a First Nations language?
The census names Kriol, Warlpiri and Gurindji as the most spoken First Nations languages. Among residents who speak another language at home, a First Nations language is the choice of 43 per cent of them.
- 01570+25.0%
- 0249-3.9%
- 0335+75.0%
- 0412-60.0%
- 0510
- 066
- 074-71.4%
- 083
- 093
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 Katherine compare with the Northern Territory?
Katherine is a little under the Northern Territory. Only three councils in the Northern Territory rank higher.
- Katherine
- 17.1%
- Northern Territory
- 32.1%
- Darwin
- 29.4%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
What are all the languages spoken in Katherine?
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 multicultural languages have the most speakers in Katherine?
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 Katherine compare?
Across only 10 suburbs, the shares are fairly even, with Katherine highest.
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- BinjariLed by Kriol78%188
- KatherineLed by Kriol24%328
- Katherine EastLed by Kriol19%566
- Katherine SouthLed by Kriol17%239
- Cossack (NT)Led by Kriol14%178
- Lansdowne (NT)Led by Kriol11%54
- Edith (NT)Led by Bislama10%50
- Uralla (NT)Led by Afrikaans3%6
- TindalLed by Afrikaans1%11
- Emungalan0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 10 suburbs listed.
How does Katherine look on the map?
Katherine on the Language Map, shaded for residents who speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home (ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries). View all councils.
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.
How the headline share is counted: 17.1% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 1,547 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 33.4%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 20.4%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
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.
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