4.9% ▲ +61.3%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Muswellbrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Muswellbrook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 86.9% of people in Muswellbrook, making it an area where very few residents speak a different language at home. This linguistic uniformity is much stronger here than in the rest of the state or country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that very few people (0.4%) speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106041126/muswellbrook/topic/language