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Grenfell · Urban Centre

Language in Grenfell

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Grenfell. Only 1.7% of people here use another language at home, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This makes the town much less linguistically diverse than most other areas.

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📍 Grenfell, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

With 91.8% of people speaking only English, this area is far below the national average for language diversity. No one in the community reported speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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1.7% ▲ +44.3%

Lower than 84% 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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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% 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 Grenfell, English only is the majority at 99%; Hindi is next at 0%.

English only 91.8% Hindi 0.3% Tagalog 0.2% Cantonese 0.2% Greek 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 Grenfell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115069/grenfell/topic/language