4.6% ▲ +316.0%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Junee · Council (LGA)
Language in Junee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Junee use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. While 4.6% of residents speak a different language, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. English remains the dominant tongue, though the use of other languages has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 77.2% of the population, with Mandarin being the most common other language at 1.6%. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure at 1.8%.
1.8% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Junee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14300/junee/topic/language