3.8% ▲ +116.1%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gunnedah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Gunnedah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 3.8% of people in Gunnedah use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other regions. While this figure has risen since 2011, the vast majority of residents still speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.7% of residents, with other languages including Tagalog and Mandarin. Very few people speak little or no English, at only 0.4%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is well below the New South Wales average.
0.4% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110041199/gunnedah/topic/language