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Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional · Council (LGA)

Language in Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A huge gap exists between the language patterns in Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional and the rest of the country. Only 3.1% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.

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📍 Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used at home for 89.1% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.7%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% —

Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 89.1% Mandarin 0.7% Tagalog 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Greek 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Italian 0.0% Hindi 0.0%

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 Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12160/cootamundra-gundagai-regional/topic/language