We are Unincorp. Other Territories

31 per cent.

Nearly 31 in every 100 Unincorp. Other Territories residents speak a language other than English at home. It is one of the shares that shapes Other Territories.

Our population
2,454
Speak another language
765
Languages at home
19
Growth since last census
−11.0%

One in 3 of us speaks a language other than English at home: 765 people, most often Norf'k-Pitcairn, Fijian and Tagalog. That is not a fringe of the community. It is a standing share of every audience anyone here is trying to reach.

In Other Territories

#3

of 3 Other Territories councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #67 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Norf'k-Pitcairn

664 speakers

Norf'k-Pitcairn is spoken by 664 of our residents at home, 27.1% of Unincorp. Other Territories.

Fijian

27 speakers

Fijian is spoken by 27 of our residents at home, 1.1% of Unincorp. Other Territories.

Tagalog

22 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 22 of our residents at home, 0.9% of Unincorp. Other Territories.

The languages of Unincorp. Other Territories

19 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 12 most spoken languages in Unincorp. Other Territories, covering 752 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 01
    Norf'k-Pitcairn
    664-6.5%
  2. 02
    Fijian
    270%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    22+29.4%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    6
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    5
  6. 06
    Dutch
    5
  7. 07
    Fijian Hindustani
    5
  8. 08
    Afrikaans
    4-33.3%
  9. 09
    Greek
    4
  10. 10
    Mandarin
    4-42.9%

Why we publish this

31.2% of us

We share this portrait because a council below the Other Territories average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 765 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

36.3% of us were born overseas, across 19 countries.

  1. 01
    Norfolk Island
    348-7.0%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    325+3.2%
  3. 03
    England
    71+9.2%
  4. 04
    Fiji
    39-22.0%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    30-26.8%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    18+20.0%
  7. 07
    Papua New Guinea
    90%
  8. 08
    Zimbabwe
    8
  9. 09
    Canada
    6
  10. 10
    Netherlands
    6

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Unincorp. Other Territories at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,154-5.8%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    885+46.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    3-70.0%
  4. 04
    Islam
    0-100%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    0-100%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 2 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Unincorp. Other Territories shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Unincorp. Other Territories
31.2%
Other Territories
40.0%
Australia
21.3%

31.2% of Unincorp. Other Territories residents speak a language other than English at home, against 40.0% for Other Territories and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

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.

How the headline share is counted. 31.2% is 765 residents as a share of all 2,454 of us. A further 349 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 45.4%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 36.3%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Unincorp. Other Territories, it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Unincorp. Other Territories figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Unincorp. Other Territories.