5.1% ▲ +64.5%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bathurst - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Bathurst - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Bathurst - East, where only 5.1% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While the use of other languages has risen slightly since 2011, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than most other regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost everyone here speaks English, with 90.4% using it exclusively. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.5% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Bathurst - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103011059/bathurst-east/topic/language