6.5% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blue Mountains · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Blue Mountains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in the Blue Mountains, where 90.1% of residents use it exclusively at home. Only 6.5% of people use another language, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The number of people using another language at home rose 1.4 points since 2011, though it remains much lower than in most areas. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12401/blue-mountains/topic/language