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We are Darwin Waterfront Precinct

We are Darwin Waterfront Precinct.

Home to one of the larger Mandarin-speaking communities in Northern Territory, and 9 other language communities besides.

Our population
277
Speak another language
77
Languages at home
10+
Growth since last census
0.0%
10 languages are spoken at home in Darwin Waterfront Precinct. Mandarin leads (18 speakers), with Japanese close behind (9). 28 per cent of us speak a language other than English at home. That is the measure of a community that has not left its languages behind.
speak Mandarin at home
18
Our largest community language, Mandarin, is spoken by 6.5% of Darwin Waterfront Precinct residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
18 speakers

18 speakers, 6.5% of Darwin Waterfront Precinct.

Japanese
9 speakers

9 speakers, 3.2% of Darwin Waterfront Precinct.

Korean
7 speakers

7 speakers, 2.5% of Darwin Waterfront Precinct.

The languages of Darwin Waterfront Precinct

10 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.

Mandarin
18 · 0.0%
Japanese
9 · 0.0%
Korean
7 · 0.0%
Portuguese
5 · 0.0%
Cantonese
5 · 0.0%
Djambarrpuyngu
4 · 0.0%
Non-verbal, so described
4 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
3 · 0.0%
Filipino
3 · 0.0%
Thai
3 · 0.0%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Mandarin18 · 6.5%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Japanese9 · 3.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Korean7 · 2.5%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Portuguese5 · 1.8%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Cantonese5 · 1.8%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Djambarrpuyngu4 · 1.4%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Non-verbal, so described4 · 1.4%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Afrikaans3 · 1.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Filipino3 · 1.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Thai3 · 1.1%
    0.0%
Fastest-growing among us
Mandarin
0.0% since last census

We publish this so our residents can see themselves counted, and so the agencies, funders and neighbours who serve us can see who we actually serve. Language access is not a translation line-item in our budget. It is how an emergency notice reaches a grandparent, how an enrolment form is understood, and how a health campaign actually lands in the suburbs that make up our council.

In context
Darwin Waterfront Precinct
27.8%
Northern Territory
40.9%
Australia
27.3%

27.8% of Darwin Waterfront Precinct residents speak a language other than English at home, against 40.9% for Northern Territory and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.