6.3% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Snowy Mountains · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Snowy Mountains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 85.8% of people in the Snowy Mountains. This area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with only a small number of residents using a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This gap is reflected in the fact that very few people—just 0.7%—speak little or no English.
0.7% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Snowy Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10103/snowy-mountains/topic/language