6.2% —
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Snowy Monaro Regional · Council (LGA)
Language in Snowy Monaro Regional
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Snowy Monaro Regional compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. English remains the dominant language spoken across the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 85.8% of people speak only English, the proportion using another language at home rose slightly to 6.2% since 2016. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.7% speak little or no English, a figure well below the state average.
0.7% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Snowy Monaro Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17040/snowy-monaro-regional/topic/language