In 2021, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who spoke the Australian Indigenous language at home amounted to around 77 thousand people. The figure increased significantly compared to about 52 thousand people in the beginning of the measured period, 2006.
Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons who used an Australian Indigenous language at home from 2006 to 2021 (in 1000s), by age group
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (October 25, 2022). Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons who used an Australian Indigenous language at home from 2006 to 2021 (in 1000s), by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399281/australia-number-of-indigenous-persons-who-used-atsi-indigenous-language-at-home-by-age-group/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons who used an Australian Indigenous language at home from 2006 to 2021 (in 1000s), by age group." Chart. October 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399281/australia-number-of-indigenous-persons-who-used-atsi-indigenous-language-at-home-by-age-group/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons who used an Australian Indigenous language at home from 2006 to 2021 (in 1000s), by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399281/australia-number-of-indigenous-persons-who-used-atsi-indigenous-language-at-home-by-age-group/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Persons Who Used An Australian Indigenous Language at Home from 2006 to 2021 (in 1000s), by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399281/australia-number-of-indigenous-persons-who-used-atsi-indigenous-language-at-home-by-age-group/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons who used an Australian Indigenous language at home from 2006 to 2021 (in 1000s), by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399281/australia-number-of-indigenous-persons-who-used-atsi-indigenous-language-at-home-by-age-group/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons who used an Australian Indigenous language at home from 2006 to 2021 (in 1000s), by age group [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, October 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399281/australia-number-of-indigenous-persons-who-used-atsi-indigenous-language-at-home-by-age-group/
