In 2021, around 84 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people used English in Australia. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander languages were spoken by only 9.5 percent of Indigenous people in Australia that year.
Languages used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in 2021, by share of persons
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (October 25, 2022). Languages used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in 2021, by share of persons [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399241/australia-languages-used-by-indigenous-persons-by-share-of-persons/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Languages used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in 2021, by share of persons." Chart. October 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399241/australia-languages-used-by-indigenous-persons-by-share-of-persons/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Languages used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in 2021, by share of persons. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399241/australia-languages-used-by-indigenous-persons-by-share-of-persons/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Languages Used by Aboriginal And/or Torres Strait Islander Persons in Australia in 2021, by Share of Persons." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399241/australia-languages-used-by-indigenous-persons-by-share-of-persons/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Languages used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in 2021, by share of persons Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399241/australia-languages-used-by-indigenous-persons-by-share-of-persons/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Languages used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in 2021, by share of persons [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, October 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399241/australia-languages-used-by-indigenous-persons-by-share-of-persons/
