5.4% ▲ +66.2%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bathurst Regional · Council (LGA)
Language in Bathurst Regional
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.4% of people in Bathurst Regional use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the New South Wales average. While this is a modest share of the population, the number of people speaking other languages has risen since 2011. Most residents rely solely on English for their daily communication.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 87.6% of residents, meaning the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national figures. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.6% speak little or no English, a rate well below the state average.
0.6% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Bathurst Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10470/bathurst-regional/topic/language