5.2% ▲ +96.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rutherford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rutherford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Rutherford, with 89.8% of people speaking only English at home. While this is far below the national figure, it remains a common pattern for the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.2% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas despite being far below the New South Wales average. Only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average.
0.6% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Rutherford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13464/rutherford/topic/language