Nitmiluk, Roper Gulf

The languages of Nitmiluk

The 2021 Census found Kriol spoken at home by 120 people in Nitmiluk, well ahead of any other language. Nitmiluk's share is above the Northern Territory, at 1.4 times the rate. The list of other languages is short, at 2.

Residents
280
Speak another language
45.7%+33.3%
Languages spoken
2
Born overseas
1.5%

How many people in Nitmiluk speak Kriol?

Kriol at home

43%

Mayali, in second place, has far fewer speakers.

What's spoken in Nitmiluk besides Kriol?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages

Is Nitmiluk more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a lower share than Nitmiluk.

Nitmiluk
45.7%
Northern Territory
32.1%
Australia
21.3%

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

Where were Nitmiluk's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up 1.5 per cent of residents, most often from Germany.

  1. 01
    Germany
    4-42.9%

What's Nitmiluk's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    110+108%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    77-19.8%

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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