SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Northern Territory

Katherine

9,490 residents · 51+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
33.4%
3,167 people
Growth since last census
+84.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.80× Northern Territory avg
1.23× national avg
Population
9,490
CALD residents
3,167
Languages spoken
51
Fastest-growing
+500%
Narrative

Why this matters

Katherine is home to 9,490 residents. 33.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,167 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Katherine into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Kriol570 · 6.0%
    25.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali151 · 1.6%
    331.4%
  3. 03
    Tagalog123 · 1.3%
    23.0%
  4. 04
    Filipino55 · 0.6%
    8.3%
  5. 05
    Warlpiri49 · 0.5%
    3.9%
  6. 06
    Punjabi48 · 0.5%
    500.0%
  1. 01
    German46 · 0.5%
    253.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin40 · 0.4%
    33.3%
  3. 03
    Malayalam37 · 0.4%
    24.5%
  4. 04
    Gurindji35 · 0.4%
    75.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian33 · 0.3%
    135.7%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese29 · 0.3%
    93.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 67%
KRI
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 66.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 33.4%
Kriol
570 · +25.0%
Nepali
151 · +331.4%
Tagalog
123 · +23.0%
Filipino
55
Warlpiri
49
Punjabi
48 · +500.0%
German
46 · +253.8%
Mandarin
40 · +33.3%
Malayalam
37 · -24.5%
Gurindji
35 · +75.0%
Fijian
33
Sinhalese
29
Vietnamese
25
Telugu
23
Bislama
22
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Kriol570 · 6.0%
    25.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali151 · 1.6%
    331.4%
  3. 03
    Tagalog123 · 1.3%
    23.0%
  4. 04
    Filipino55 · 0.6%
    8.3%
  5. 05
    Warlpiri49 · 0.5%
    3.9%
  6. 06
    Punjabi48 · 0.5%
    500.0%
  7. 07
    German46 · 0.5%
    253.8%
  8. 08
    Mandarin40 · 0.4%
    33.3%
  9. 09
    Malayalam37 · 0.4%
    24.5%
  10. 10
    Gurindji35 · 0.4%
    75.0%
  11. 11
    Fijian33 · 0.3%
    135.7%
  12. 12
    Sinhalese29 · 0.3%
    93.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+500.0%
48 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#2
Language
Nepali
+331.4%
151 speakers · 1.6% of LGA
#3
Language
Telugu
+283.3%
23 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

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We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.