6.2% ▲ +88.0%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Goulburn Mulwaree · Council (LGA)
Language in Goulburn Mulwaree
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for 85.8% of people in Goulburn Mulwaree, making it a place where very few residents need translation services. While most locals speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has risen to 6.2%. This is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.2% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. This figure has grown from 3.3% in 2011, though the proportion of people who speak little or no English remains very low at 0.9%.
0.9% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Goulburn Mulwaree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13310/goulburn-mulwaree/topic/language