5.3% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lower Murray · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Lower Murray
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Lower Murray compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.3% of residents speak another language, which is 21 percentage points below the New South Wales figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.3% of the area, and only 1.1% of people speak little or no English. This is well below the state average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.1% ▲ +136.3%
Lower than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10902/lower-murray/topic/language