3.7% ▲ +36.0%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lithgow - Mudgee · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Lithgow - Mudgee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in Lithgow - Mudgee, where 88.3% of people use it as their only language at home. This creates a linguistic profile that is far less diverse than the rest of the state and the country. Only 3.7% of residents speak a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose to 3.7% since 2011, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This is reflected in the very low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.4%.
0.4% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Lithgow - Mudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10303/lithgow-mudgee/topic/language