4.1% ▼ -88.1%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cessnock · State Electorate
Language in Cessnock
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people speak a language other than English in Cessnock than in almost any similar area. English is the dominant tongue here, with 89.7% of residents using it as their only language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.1% of people use another language at home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average and has fallen 30 points since 2011. This is reflected in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.5%.
0.5% ▲ +49.1%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10017/cessnock/topic/language