3.9% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Parkes · Suburb / Locality
Language in Parkes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Parkes is a place where English is the dominant language. Only 3.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost 90% of people speak only English at home. While 0.4% of the population speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas, this remains well below the state and national figures.
0.4% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13162/parkes/topic/language