In 2021, around 97 percent of Indigenous Australians whose main language was a language other than English living in the Australian Capital Territory spoke English well or very well. The high level of English proficiency was also reported in Tasmania and Victoria, with a respective 96.6 and 94 percent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations without English as their main language speaking English well or very well.
Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons that spoke English well or very well in Australia in 2021, by state or territory
Refers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons who reported speaking an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language and excludes people whose main language use at home was English.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (October 25, 2022). Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons that spoke English well or very well in Australia in 2021, by state or territory [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399951/australia-share-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-persons-that-spoke-english-well-or-very-well-by-state/
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Australian Bureau of Statistics, Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons that spoke English well or very well in Australia in 2021, by state or territory Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399951/australia-share-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-persons-that-spoke-english-well-or-very-well-by-state/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons that spoke English well or very well in Australia in 2021, by state or territory [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, October 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399951/australia-share-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-persons-that-spoke-english-well-or-very-well-by-state/
