3.1% ▲ +41.9%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Upper Hunter · State Electorate
Language in Upper Hunter
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 3.1% of people in Upper Hunter use a language other than English at home. This makes the area one of the least linguistically diverse in the region, with English serving as the primary means of communication for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 89.8% of people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few residents struggle with the language, as the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the national average.
0.4% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Upper Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10085/upper-hunter/topic/language