6.4% ▲ +302.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Tamworth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in South Tamworth, where a small but growing number of residents speak other languages. While most people use only English, the area has a higher proportion of multilingual residents than similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.4% of people speak another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas despite being far below the national figure of 22.3%. This includes small numbers of Vietnamese and Mandarin speakers, while 1.3% of residents speak little or no English.
1.3% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 South Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13613/south-tamworth/topic/language