4.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Singleton · Urban Centre
Language in Singleton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Singleton, where 90.7% of people speak only English at home. While more residents use another language than in most similar areas, the proportion remains far below the New South Wales and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is far below the state's 26.6% and the national average of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with English, with just 0.6% speaking little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113014/singleton/topic/language