3.3% ▲ +24.9%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mid-Western Regional · Council (LGA)
Language in Mid-Western Regional
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Mid-Western Regional than in most similar areas. Only 3.3% of residents speak another language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.1% of the community. This helps explain why only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Mid-Western Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15270/mid-western-regional/topic/language