What are the most multilingual suburbs in Northern Territory?

The top-ranked suburbs are East Arnhem, Angurugu, West Arnhem, Numbulwar, Beswick, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

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The index shows relative strength within the ranking list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader. It is not an overall suburb rating out of 100.

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Most Multilingual Suburbs in Northern Territory

Suburbs with the highest share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census, usual residence). Suburbs with fewer than 500 Census residents are excluded.

Rank	Suburb	Share
#1	East Arnhem	97.8%
#2	Angurugu	96.9%
#3	West Arnhem	96.3%
#4	Numbulwar	95.5%
#5	Beswick	95.4%
#6	Galiwinku	95.0%
#7	Miniyeri	95.0%
#8	Lajamanu	94.8%
#9	Milingimbi	94.8%
#10	Ngukurr	94.6%
#11	Ramingining	93.4%
#12	Maningrida	93.0%
#13	Gapuwiyak	92.8%
#14	Wurrumiyanga	91.2%
#15	Hermannsburg	91.0%
#16	Santa Teresa	89.5%
#17	Gunbalanya	87.6%
#18	Sandover	87.3%
#19	Wadeye	87.2%
#20	Yirrkala	87.2%
#21	Yuendumu	86.6%
#22	Berrimah	51.5%
#23	Wagaman	48.0%
#24	Muirhead	46.7%
#25	Brinkin	46.0%
#26	Coconut Grove	44.3%
#27	Nakara	43.5%
#28	The Gap	41.6%
#29	Millner	40.8%
#30	Darwin City	40.4%
#31	Tennant Creek	39.8%
#32	Kilgariff	39.7%
#33	Alawa	38.1%
#34	Woolner	37.0%
#35	Karama	36.6%
#36	Sadadeen	34.6%
#37	Moil	33.8%
#38	Leanyer	32.7%
#39	Nightcliff	32.7%
#40	Zuccoli	32.6%
#41	Stuart Park	32.5%
#42	Larrakeyah	32.0%
#43	Wanguri	30.9%
#44	Hugh	30.8%
#45	Tiwi	30.7%
#46	Lyons	29.7%
#47	Rapid Creek	29.3%
#48	Gillen	29.1%
#49	Malak	27.9%
#50	The Narrows	27.5%

Share is from the 2021 Census (usual residence). Suburbs with fewer than 500 Census residents are excluded.

Last updated 25 July 2026 at 4:24 pm ACST

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