2.3% ▲ +73.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Harrington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Harrington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English has remained the dominant language in Harrington, which is far more linguistically uniform than the rest of the country. Only 2.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that is far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 93.5% of people speak only English at home, meaning the area is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6% for other languages. While 0.2% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas despite being well below the national average.
0.2% ▲ +79.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Harrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11865/harrington/topic/language