15.9% ▲ +188.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tamworth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher than most similar areas, 15.9% of people in Tamworth use a language other than English at home. While this is well below the national figure of 22.3%, the area shows a more diverse linguistic profile than many of its neighbours.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (67.7%), though Mandarin (2.6%), Vietnamese (2.1%) and Punjabi (1.6%) are also heard. About 3.2% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.2% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13762/tamworth/topic/language