11.3% ▲ +256.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Tamworth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher shares of people speak a language other than English in North Tamworth than in most similar areas. While 11.3% of the population use another tongue at home, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.3% of people use a language other than English at home, with English only spoken by 79.5% of residents. This includes small groups speaking Vietnamese, Punjabi, Mandarin and Tagalog, and a much higher share of people who speak little or no English than in most similar areas.
1.9% ▲ +86.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 North Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13021/north-tamworth/topic/language