SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Northern Territory

Roper Gulf

6,395 residents · 31+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
75.2%
4,811 people
Growth since last census
+10.3%
vs previous census
In context
1.80× Northern Territory avg
2.78× national avg
Population
6,395
CALD residents
4,811
Languages spoken
31
Fastest-growing
+233%
Narrative

Why this matters

Roper Gulf is home to 6,395 residents. 75.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 4,811 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Roper Gulf 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
    Kriol3,418 · 53.4%
    ▲9.6%
  2. 02
    Nunggubuyu279 · 4.4%
    ▲16.3%
  3. 03
    Garrwa115 · 1.8%
    ▲8.5%
  4. 04
    Anindilyakwa34 · 0.5%
    ▼53.4%
  5. 05
    Aboriginal English, so described32 · 0.5%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Yanyuwa31 · 0.5%
    ▲29.2%
  1. 01
    Dalabon14 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  2. 02
    Bislama12 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    Mayali11 · 0.2%
    ▲57.1%
  4. 04
    Ritharrngu11 · 0.2%
    ▲10.0%
  5. 05
    Warlpiri10 · 0.2%
    ▲233.3%
  6. 06
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 25%
KRI
NUN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 24.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 75.2%
Kriol
3,418 · +9.6%
Nunggubuyu
279 · +16.3%
Garrwa
Anindilyakwa
Aboriginal English, so described
Yanyuwa
Dalabon
Bislama
Mayali
Ritharrngu
Warlpiri
Mandarin
Gurindji Kriol
Marra
Wagilak
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Kriol3,418 · 53.4%
    ▲9.6%
  2. 02
    Nunggubuyu279 · 4.4%
    ▲16.3%
  3. 03
    Garrwa115 · 1.8%
    ▲8.5%
  4. 04
    Anindilyakwa34 · 0.5%
    ▼53.4%
  5. 05
    Aboriginal English, so described32 · 0.5%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Yanyuwa31 · 0.5%
    ▲29.2%
  7. 07
    Dalabon14 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  8. 08
    Bislama12 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  9. 09
    Mayali11 · 0.2%
    ▲57.1%
  10. 10
    Ritharrngu11 · 0.2%
    ▲10.0%
  11. 11
    Warlpiri10 · 0.2%
    ▲233.3%
  12. 12
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Warlpiri
+233.3%
10 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Mayali
+57.1%
11 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Yanyuwa
+29.2%
31 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Jilkminggan
253 RESIDENTS
96.0% CALDTop: Kriol
Wilton (NT)
118 RESIDENTS
95.8% CALDTop: Kriol
Numbulwar
673 RESIDENTS
95.5% CALDTop: Kriol
Beswick
536 RESIDENTS
95.5% CALDTop: Kriol
Miniyeri
635 RESIDENTS
95.1% CALDTop: Kriol
Ngukurr
1,108 RESIDENTS
94.9% CALDTop: Kriol
Bulman Weemol
260 RESIDENTS
93.5% CALDTop: Kriol
Limmen
265 RESIDENTS
90.6% CALDTop: Kriol
Barunga
331 RESIDENTS
85.5% CALDTop: Kriol
Numburindi
27 RESIDENTS
70.4% CALDTop: Kriol
Nitmiluk
280 RESIDENTS
61.1% CALDTop: Kriol
Mataranka
327 RESIDENTS
48.3% CALDTop: Kriol
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Roper Gulf.

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