2.7% ▲ +42.3%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lower Hunter · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Lower Hunter
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone in the Lower Hunter, where only 2.7% of people use another language at home. This is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 90.7% of residents speak only English, and the number of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure at just 0.4%. While the proportion of people using another language at home rose slightly to 2.7% since 2011, it remains much lower than most other areas.
0.4% ▲ +34.9%
Lower than 89% 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 Lower Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10601/lower-hunter/topic/language