3.4% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Broken Hill · Council (LGA)
Language in Broken Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small increase in linguistic variety has occurred in Broken Hill, where the share of people using a language other than English rose to 3.4% in 2021. Despite this growth, the area remains overwhelmingly English-speaking compared to the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.4% of people use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This means very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.4% speak little or no English—a figure well below the national average of 3.4%.
0.4% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11250/broken-hill/topic/language