5.1% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tamworth · State Electorate
Language in Tamworth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Tamworth compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While this represents a small increase since 2011, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of residents, and the 0.9% who speak little or no English is lower than most areas. This is well below the state average, with the most common other languages being Mandarin, Vietnamese and Tagalog.
0.9% ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10081/tamworth/topic/language