4.1% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yass Valley · Council (LGA)
Language in Yass Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people use a language other than English in Yass Valley than in most similar areas. Only 4.1% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This linguistic profile has remained stable over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 91.1% of the community, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the Australian average at just 0.4%.
0.4% ▲ +44.2%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Yass Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18710/yass-valley/topic/language