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Languages spoken in Darwin

29.4% of Darwin residents speak a language other than English at home, across 153 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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79,786

Residents

29.4%

+19.4%

Speak a language other than English

153

Languages spoken

#72

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Greek
    2,658-4.5%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    2,434+166%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    1,758+11.2%
  4. 04
    Tagalog
    1,663-4.5%
  5. 05
    Filipino
    1,108-3.9%
  6. 06
    Malayalam
    915+25.5%
  7. 07
    Indonesian
    901+11.1%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    875+67.0%
  9. 09
    Punjabi
    827+140%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese
    707+112%

153 languages recorded in Darwin(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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