3.3% ▲ +203.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tomago · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tomago
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Tomago, where only 3.3% of people speak another tongue at home. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%, making it an area with very little linguistic variety.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 78.1% of residents speak only English, the 1.5% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas. This small group is still a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.5% ▲ —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Tomago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13907/tomago/topic/language