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Yamba · Suburb / Locality

Language in Yamba

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language for almost everyone living in Yamba. Only 3.4% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Yamba, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90.5% of residents speak only English. While 0.3% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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3.4% ▲ +52.2%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▲ +15.9%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Yamba, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 90.5% Italian 0.1% Mandarin 0.1% Tagalog 0.1% Arabic 0.0% Cantonese 0.0% Punjabi 0.0%

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 Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14476/yamba/topic/language