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Papunya, MacDonnell

What Papunya speaks at home

Luritja is the main language after English in Papunya, spoken at home by just over seven in ten residents at the 2021 Census. Warlpiri is second. The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for the Northern Territory.

Residents
424
Speak another language
87.5%+18.2%
Languages spoken
5
Born overseas
1.8%

How large is Papunya's Luritja-speaking community?

Luritja at home

72%

Warlpiri, in second place, has far fewer speakers.

Which other languages are spoken in Papunya?

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

Is Papunya more multilingual than MacDonnell?

The share speaking another language is 1.3 times the figure for MacDonnell.

Papunya
87.5%
Northern Territory
32.1%
MacDonnell
68.6%

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

Which countries are Papunya's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up 8 people, most often from Papua New Guinea.

  1. 01
    Papua New Guinea
    5
  2. 02
    Philippines
    3

What religions are reported in Papunya?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    298-11.6%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    44+83.3%

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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