3.1% ▲ +69.5%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lachlan Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Lachlan Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Lachlan Valley, where only 3.1% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure, creating a community with very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.1% of people speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This helps explain why the 0.4% of residents who speak little or no English is well below the national average.
0.4% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Lachlan Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10302/lachlan-valley/topic/language