4.3% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Richmond Valley - Hinterland · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Richmond Valley - Hinterland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 4.3% of people in Richmond Valley - Hinterland use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of residents, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the national average at just 0.4%. While the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011, it remains far below the New South Wales figure.
0.4% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 88% 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 Richmond Valley - Hinterland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11202/richmond-valley-hinterland/topic/language