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Languages spoken in Tiwi Islands

82.0% of Tiwi Islands residents speak a language other than English at home, across 13 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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2,324

Residents

82.0%

-7.7%

Speak a language other than English

13

Languages spoken

#7

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Tiwi
    1,8100%
  2. 02
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
    26
  3. 03
    Fijian
    120%
  4. 04
    Kriol
    6
  5. 05
    Filipino
    4-55.6%
  6. 06
    Indonesian
    4-20.0%
  7. 07
    Tagalog
    4+33.3%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    4-50.0%
  9. 09
    Maori (New Zealand)
    3
  10. 10
    Burarra
    0-100%

13 languages recorded in Tiwi Islands(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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