8.5% ▲ +74.4%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Armidale · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Armidale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Armidale is a place where most people speak English. Only 8.5% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects a community where English is the dominant way of communicating.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 82.1% of residents, and while the use of other languages rose to 8.5% since 2011, this remains much lower than the 26.6% seen across New South Wales. This trend is consistent with the fact that only 1.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.3% ▲ +38.8%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11001/armidale/topic/language