3.0% ▲ +64.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bombala · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bombala
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for nearly everyone in Bombala, with only 3% of people using another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, reflecting a very low level of linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Despite this, the 0% of people who speak little or no English is actually higher than most similar areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10454/bombala/topic/language