2.8% ▲ +58.9%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cessnock · Council (LGA)
Language in Cessnock
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small rise in language diversity has seen more people in Cessnock using a language other than English at home since 2011. This figure now sits at 2.8%, though it remains far below the national average of 22.3%. English is the dominant language spoken across the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much lower than most areas and far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This means 90.1% speak only English, while very few people—just 0.4%—speak little or no English.
0.4% ▲ +57.7%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11720/cessnock/topic/language