Australia - share of Indigenous Australians speaking Indigenous language at home by remoteness 2015

This statistic presents the results of a survey about the share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who's main language spoken at home is an Australian Indigenous language from 2002 to 2014-15, by remoteness. During the 2014-15 survey period, around 40.8 percent of Indigenous Australians living in remote areas of Australia stated that their main language spoken at home was an Australian Indigenous language.

Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who's main language spoken at home is an Australian Indigenous language from 2002 to 2014-15, by remoteness

Characteristic	Non-remote	Remote	Total
2014-15	2%	40.8%	10.5%
2008	1.5%	41.7%	11.5%
2002	2%	38.7%	12%

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Release date

July 2016

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

2002 to 2014-15

Number of respondents

6,611 dwellings

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The source conducted the 2014–15 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) from September 2014 to June 2015. This is the fourth social survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians conducted by the source. The results from the 2002 and 2008 NATSISS are also provided by the source.

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