3.2% ▲ +102.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greta · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Greta than the national average. Only 3.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the 22.3% seen across Australia. This reflects a community where English is the overwhelming primary tongue.
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 93.5% of residents, and the 3.2% who speak another language at home is a figure that rose slightly since 2011. While more people here speak little or no English than in most similar areas, the 0.6% total remains well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
3.2% ▲ +102.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.6% ▲ —
Higher than 70% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115070/greta/topic/language