5.3% ▲ +49.4%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tumut · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Tumut
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Tumut have started using a language other than English at home, rising to 5.3% in 2021. This remains far below the national figure, with the vast majority of the community speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is used by 87.9% of residents, those using another language at home rose 1.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 5.3%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.4%, a figure that is well below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Tumut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113021261/tumut/topic/language