3.0% —
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Edward River · Council (LGA)
Language in Edward River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.9% of people in Edward River. This area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.0% of residents use another language at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. This is reflected in the fact that very few people—just 0.3%—speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.3% ▼ -58.1%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Edward River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12730/edward-river/topic/language