4.4% —
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Snowy Valleys · Council (LGA)
Language in Snowy Valleys
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 4.4% of people in Snowy Valleys use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region. English is the primary language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 87.2% of residents, while other languages like Mandarin and Cantonese are spoken by very few people. Only 0.4% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.4% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Snowy Valleys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17080/snowy-valleys/topic/language