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Narrabri Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Narrabri Surrounds

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A massive 25 percentage point gap separates Narrabri Surrounds from the rest of New South Wales in terms of language diversity. English is the dominant tongue here, and the number of people speaking other languages has barely changed over the last decade.

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📍 Narrabri Surrounds, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 1.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This helps explain why the area is much lower than most for people who speak little or no English, at just 0.3%.

People using another language at home

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1.6% ▲ +16.6%

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▲ +191.0%

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Narrabri Surrounds, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 84.3% Mandarin 0.2% Arabic 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Italian 0.1% Cantonese 0.1%

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 Narrabri Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110031198/narrabri-surrounds/topic/language