SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Northern Territory

West Daly

2,952 residents · 8+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
87.8%
2,593 people
Growth since last census
+41.5%
vs previous census
In context
2.10× Northern Territory avg
3.25× national avg
Population
2,952
CALD residents
2,593
Languages spoken
8
Fastest-growing
+1375%
Narrative

Why this matters

West Daly is home to 2,952 residents. 87.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,593 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for West 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
    Murrinh Patha2,010 · 68.1%
    3.7%
  2. 02
    Kriol249 · 8.4%
    31.1%
  3. 03
    Ngan'gikurunggurr59 · 2.0%
    1375.0%
  4. 04
    Aboriginal English, so described50 · 1.7%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Miriwoong4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Mandarin3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Korean3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 12%
MUR
KRI
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 12.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 87.8%
Murrinh Patha
2,010 · +3.7%
Kriol
249 · +31.1%
Ngan'gikurunggurr
Aboriginal English, so described
Spanish
Miriwoong
Mandarin
Korean
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Murrinh Patha2,010 · 68.1%
    3.7%
  2. 02
    Kriol249 · 8.4%
    31.1%
  3. 03
    Ngan'gikurunggurr59 · 2.0%
    1375.0%
  4. 04
    Aboriginal English, so described50 · 1.7%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Miriwoong4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Mandarin3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Korean3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Ngan'gikurunggurr
+1375.0%
59 speakers · 2.0% of LGA
#2
Language
Kriol
+31.1%
249 speakers · 8.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Murrinh Patha
+3.7%
2,010 speakers · 68.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for West Daly.

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