6.0% ▲ +211.1%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tamworth - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Tamworth - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people are speaking languages other than English in Tamworth - East, with the figure rising by 4.1 percentage points since 2011. Only 6.0% of residents now use another language at home, which is far below the national rate of 22.3%. This means the area remains overwhelmingly English-speaking compared to the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.4% of people, while only 1.2% speak little or no English. This last figure is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5% and has barely changed since 2016.
1.2% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Tamworth - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110041202/tamworth-east/topic/language