6.6% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blue Mountains · State Electorate
Language in Blue Mountains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people speak a language other than English in the Blue Mountains compared to most other areas. English is the primary language for the vast majority of residents, though the number of people using other languages at home rose slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This trend is reflected in the very low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.5%.
0.5% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10011/blue-mountains/topic/language