6.0% ▲ +74.6%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bathurst · Urban Area
Language in Bathurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Bathurst, where 87.4% of people speak only this language at home. Only 6.0% of residents use a language other than English, a figure that is far below the national average but has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language, 6.0% of people use another tongue at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few residents struggle with the local language, as only 0.6% speak little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1005/bathurst/topic/language