4.5% ▲ +52.1%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pitt Town · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Pitt Town compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians use another language at home, the figure here is just 4.5%. This makes it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 93.8% of residents. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4% and has barely changed since 2016.
4.5% ▲ +52.1%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Pitt Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115120/pitt-town/topic/language