SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Northern Territory

Tiwi Islands

2,324 residents · 9+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
87.6%
2,035 people
Growth since last census
-0.0%
vs previous census
In context
2.14× Northern Territory avg
3.21× national avg
Population
2,324
CALD residents
2,035
Languages spoken
9
Fastest-growing
+33%
Narrative

Why this matters

Tiwi Islands is home to 2,324 residents. 87.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,035 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Tiwi Islands 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
    Tiwi1,810 · 77.9%
    0.2%
  2. 02
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)26 · 1.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Fijian12 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Kriol6 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog4 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  6. 06
    Filipino4 · 0.2%
    55.6%
  1. 01
    Indonesian4 · 0.2%
    20.0%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese4 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Maori (New Zealand)3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 12%
TIW
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 12.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 87.6%
Tiwi
1,810 · +0.2%
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
Fijian
Kriol
Tagalog
Filipino
Indonesian
Vietnamese
Maori (New Zealand)
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Tiwi1,810 · 77.9%
    0.2%
  2. 02
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)26 · 1.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Fijian12 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Kriol6 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog4 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  6. 06
    Filipino4 · 0.2%
    55.6%
  7. 07
    Indonesian4 · 0.2%
    20.0%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese4 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  9. 09
    Maori (New Zealand)3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tagalog
+33.3%
4 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Tiwi
+0.2%
1,810 speakers · 77.9% of LGA
#3
Language
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
0.0%
26 speakers · 1.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Tiwi Islands.

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