3.2% ▲ +121.5%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gunnedah · Council (LGA)
Language in Gunnedah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap exists between Gunnedah and the rest of the country, with only 3.2% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak only English, though the proportion of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.2% of the population, and the number of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.4%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5% and has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +37.9%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13550/gunnedah/topic/language