Tharwa · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tharwa

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

English is the dominant language in Tharwa, where 90.2% of people use it as their only language at home. Very few residents use a different language, which is far below the national and territory figures.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.9% of people use another language at home, a figure far below the 22.3% national average. No residents reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the 3.4% seen across Australia.

4.9% ▼ -25.8%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 4.9%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Tharwa, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Tharwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80123/tharwa/topic/language