4.1% —
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yass · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Yass
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Yass than in most similar areas. Only 4.1% of residents use another language at home, which is a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.9% of the community. The 4.1% who use another language at home is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%, and only 0.6% of people speak little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +103.1%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061541/yass/topic/language