6.7% ▲ +114.2%
Higher than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Goulburn · Urban Area
Language in Goulburn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Goulburn use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.7% of residents speak another language, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While English is the dominant tongue, the variety of languages spoken in the area has grown since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 85.6% of residents, while 1.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. The proportion of people using a language other than English rose 3.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 6.7%.
1.0% ▲ +337.9%
Higher than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1014/goulburn/topic/language