10.9% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murray · State Electorate
Language in Murray
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Murray compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.9% of residents use another language at home, which is 16 percentage points below the New South Wales figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.1% of people, with the use of other languages falling 8.3 percentage points since 2011. While most residents speak English, 2.2% speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
2.2% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10056/murray/topic/language