4.9% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Muswellbrook · Urban Area
Language in Muswellbrook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Muswellbrook compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.9% of the population speaks another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.9% of residents, and the 0.4% who speak little or no English is much lower than in most areas. This trend has remained steady, with the proportion of people using other languages barely changing since 2011.
0.4% ▼ -52.3%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1023/muswellbrook/topic/language