5.0% ▲ +87.8%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Inverell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Inverell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Inverell than in the rest of the state. While 26.6% of New South Wales residents use another language at home, only 5.0% do so in Inverell. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.7% of residents, with the proportion of people using another language at home rising slightly to 5.0% since 2011. Very few people struggle with English here; only 0.7% speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.7% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021191/inverell/topic/language