4.5% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Taree · Urban Centre
Language in Taree
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Taree than across the rest of the country. Only 4.5% of the population uses another language at home, a figure that is far below the national average and has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.2% of residents. While 0.5% of people speak little or no English—which is higher than in most similar areas—this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.5% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113016/taree/topic/language