4.3% ▲ +95.4%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cowra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Cowra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Cowra compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.3% of residents use another language at home, which is much lower than most other areas. This makes it one of the more linguistically uniform parts of New South Wales.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.9% of the community, and the number of people using other languages rose slightly to 4.3% since 2011. Very few people struggle with English here, as only 0.7% speak little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average.
0.7% ▲ +63.5%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021063/cowra/topic/language