9.8% ▲ +40.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Katoomba · Suburb / Locality
Language in Katoomba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Katoomba, where only 9.8% of people use another language at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the New South Wales and national figures. Daily life here is overwhelmingly English-speaking, with very few residents struggling to communicate in the local language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 86% of residents, with small numbers speaking Vietnamese, Mandarin, Italian and Cantonese. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the state average but still much higher than in most similar areas.
1.2% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Katoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12085/katoomba/topic/language