13.5% —
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional · Council (LGA)
Language in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for most people in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional, where 81.4% speak only English at home. While the use of other languages has risen slightly to 13.5%, this is still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales average. This diversity is modest, with Punjabi, Italian, Tagalog and Hindi being the most common non-English languages. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.2% speak little or no English.
1.2% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16490/queanbeyan-palerang-regional/topic/language