23.4% —
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murrumbidgee · State Electorate
Language in Murrumbidgee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one quarter of people in Murrumbidgee use a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. This reflects a growing trend in the region, as the proportion of people speaking another language rose by 4.6 percentage points since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 23.4% of residents speak another language—including Mandarin, Hindi, and Punjabi—most people in the area speak only English (72.9%). Very few struggle with the local tongue, as only 1.9% speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
1.9% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Murrumbidgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED80004/murrumbidgee/topic/language