3.4% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Broken Hill · Urban Area
Language in Broken Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in Broken Hill, where very few residents need translation services for daily life. Only 3.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, making up 88% of the population. This explains why the 0.4% of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.4% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 86% of urban area 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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1007/broken-hill/topic/language