17.9% ▲ +88.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ruse · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ruse
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing variety of languages is heard in Ruse, though English remains the dominant tongue. While nearly 18% of residents use a language other than English at home, this is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 18% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most of these residents speak English well, as the 2.6% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure.
2.6% ▲ +47.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Ruse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13458/ruse/topic/language