5.8% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Riverina · Federal Electorate
Language in Riverina
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slow rise in linguistic diversity has seen the proportion of people in Riverina using another language at home grow to 5.8% since 2011. This remains a very English-speaking area, with the share of non-English speakers sitting far below both the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 87.1% of residents, and the 5.8% who speak another language is much lower than in most other areas. Only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▲ +48.0%
Lower than 69% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Riverina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED139/riverina/topic/language