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Gilgandra · Urban Centre

Language in Gilgandra

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary way people communicate in Gilgandra, with only 2.3% of residents using another language at home. This is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, making the area much less linguistically diverse than most other places.

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📍 Gilgandra, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost everyone here speaks only English, at 85.9%. This explains why the share of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure, sitting at just 0.1%.

People using another language at home

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2.3% ▼ -70.6%

Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.1% ▼ -93.2%

Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Gilgandra, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek is next at 0%.

English only 85.9% Greek 0.2% Cantonese 0.2% Punjabi 0.2% Mandarin 0.1%

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 Gilgandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115065/gilgandra/topic/language