4.1% ▲ +113.0%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Upper Hunter Shire · Council (LGA)
Language in Upper Hunter Shire
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Upper Hunter Shire compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.5% of the area. While the proportion of people using another language at home rose 2.2 points since 2011, the 0.9% who speak little or no English is still well below the state average.
0.9% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Upper Hunter Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17620/upper-hunter-shire/topic/language