11.7% ▲ +72.5%
Higher than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Armidale · Urban Area
Language in Armidale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher language diversity than most similar areas is found in Armidale. While 11.7% of people speak a language other than English at home, this is still far below the New South Wales and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.6% of residents, but the use of other languages rose 4.9 percentage points since 2011. Very few people speak little or no English (1.8%), which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2016.
1.8% ▲ +35.4%
Higher than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1002/armidale/topic/language