5.0% ▲ +102.2%
Lower than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
New England and North West · Region (SA4)
Language in New England and North West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life across New England and North West, where only 5% of people use another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, though the use of other languages has doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, at 85.4%, which is much lower than most other areas. This is consistent with the fact that very few people here—just 0.8%—speak little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.8% ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in New England and North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/110/new-england-and-north-west/topic/language