9.6% ▲ +50.3%
Lower than 60% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Riverina · Region (SA4)
Language in Riverina
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as similar areas, Riverina has a population where most people speak English. Only 9.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 83% of the area. While the proportion of people using other languages rose 3.2 percentage points since 2011, those who speak little or no English make up just 1.8% of the population, a figure slightly below the national average.
1.8% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 58% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Riverina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/113/riverina/topic/language