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Languages spoken in Central Desert

76.4% of Central Desert residents speak a language other than English at home, across 22 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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3,560

Residents

76.4%

-6.2%

Speak a language other than English

22

Languages spoken

#12

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Warlpiri
    1,627+6.5%
  2. 02
    Central Anmatyerr
    481
  3. 03
    Eastern Arrernte
    160-2.4%
  4. 04
    Eastern Anmatyerr
    95+3067%
  5. 05
    Alyawarr
    77-28.7%
  6. 06
    Kaytetye
    43+65.4%
  7. 07
    Mandarin
    15+400%
  8. 08
    Warumungu
    9+80.0%
  9. 09
    French
    6+100%
  10. 10
    Kriol
    6

22 languages recorded in Central Desert(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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