3.8% ▲ +69.0%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cowra · Council (LGA)
Language in Cowra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Cowra than in most similar areas. Only 3.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this figure rose slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.3% of the population, with very few people speaking languages such as Mandarin or Greek. Only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +56.2%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12350/cowra/topic/language