2.9% ▲ +54.7%
Lower than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Inverell - Tenterfield · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Inverell - Tenterfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Inverell - Tenterfield, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the state. Only 2.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, which accounts for 87.4% of the population. Very few people here speak little or no English at 0.4%, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.4% ▲ +5.0%
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 Inverell - Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11002/inverell-tenterfield/topic/language