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Jabiru, West Arnhem

The languages of Jabiru

At the 2021 Census, 17 per cent of residents in Jabiru spoke a language other than English at home, most often Kunwinjku. The next largest is Thai. The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
747
Speak another language
17.1%-8.6%
Languages spoken
12
Born overseas
10.2%

What languages are spoken in Jabiru?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Thai
    12+140%
  2. 02
    Filipino
    11+267%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    9
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    6+100%
  5. 05
    Tetum
    5
  6. 06
    Khmer
    4
  7. 07
    Sinhalese
    4-33.3%
  8. 08
    Indonesian
    3-72.7%
  9. 09
    Urdu
    3

Where were Jabiru's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, New Zealand leads.

  1. 01
    New Zealand
    27-10.0%
  2. 02
    England
    12+200%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    12+9.1%
  4. 04
    Papua New Guinea
    4-77.8%
  5. 05
    Sri Lanka
    4
  6. 06
    India
    30%
  7. 07
    Indonesia
    30%
  8. 08
    Pakistan
    3
  9. 09
    Thailand
    3-62.5%

How does Jabiru compare with the Northern Territory?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for the Northern Territory.

Jabiru
17.1%
Australia
21.3%
Northern Territory
32.1%

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

What's Jabiru's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    358-7.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    232-39.7%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    16-33.3%

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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