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Tenterfield · Urban Centre

Language in Tenterfield

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

English is the primary language for 89% of people in Tenterfield. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state or national averages. The number of people using other languages at home has stayed very low over the last decade.

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📍 Tenterfield, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is mirrored by the fact that just 0.4% of people speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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3.0% ▲ +32.4%

Lower than 61% 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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0.4% ▲ +177.4%

Higher than 56% 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 Tenterfield, English only is the majority at 99%; Punjabi is next at 0%.

English only 89.0% Punjabi 0.4% Italian 0.3% Arabic 0.1% Hindi 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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115135/tenterfield/topic/language