SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Northern Territory

Victoria Daly

2,945 residents · 29+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
65.2%
1,919 people
Growth since last census
+72.5%
vs previous census
In context
1.59× Northern Territory avg
2.39× national avg
Population
2,945
CALD residents
1,919
Languages spoken
29
Fastest-growing
+433%
Narrative

Why this matters

Victoria Daly is home to 2,945 residents. 65.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,919 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Victoria Daly 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
    Gurindji501 · 17.0%
    46.1%
  2. 02
    Kriol324 · 11.0%
    1.9%
  3. 03
    Ngarinyman272 · 9.2%
    45.5%
  4. 04
    Ngaliwurru84 · 2.9%
    281.8%
  5. 05
    Bilinarra61 · 2.1%
    74.3%
  6. 06
    Aboriginal English, so described55 · 1.9%
    400.0%
  1. 01
    Ngan'gikurunggurr35 · 1.2%
    169.2%
  2. 02
    Wagiman24 · 0.8%
    26.3%
  3. 03
    Malngin16 · 0.5%
    220.0%
  4. 04
    French16 · 0.5%
    433.3%
  5. 05
    Mayali15 · 0.5%
    25.0%
  6. 06
    Western Arrarnta10 · 0.3%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 35%
GUR
KRI
NGA
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 34.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 65.2%
Gurindji
501 · +46.1%
Kriol
324 · +1.9%
Ngarinyman
272 · +45.5%
Ngaliwurru
84 · +281.8%
Bilinarra
61
Aboriginal English, so described
55
Ngan'gikurunggurr
35
Wagiman
24
Malngin
16
French
16
Mayali
Western Arrarnta
Murrinh Patha
Spanish
Kunwinjku
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Gurindji501 · 17.0%
    46.1%
  2. 02
    Kriol324 · 11.0%
    1.9%
  3. 03
    Ngarinyman272 · 9.2%
    45.5%
  4. 04
    Ngaliwurru84 · 2.9%
    281.8%
  5. 05
    Bilinarra61 · 2.1%
    74.3%
  6. 06
    Aboriginal English, so described55 · 1.9%
    400.0%
  7. 07
    Ngan'gikurunggurr35 · 1.2%
    169.2%
  8. 08
    Wagiman24 · 0.8%
    26.3%
  9. 09
    Malngin16 · 0.5%
    220.0%
  10. 10
    French16 · 0.5%
    433.3%
  11. 11
    Mayali15 · 0.5%
    25.0%
  12. 12
    Western Arrarnta10 · 0.3%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
French
+433.3%
16 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#2
Language
Aboriginal English, so described
+400.0%
55 speakers · 1.9% of LGA
#3
Language
Ngaliwurru
+281.8%
84 speakers · 2.9% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Victoria Daly.

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