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Urunga · Urban Centre

Language in Urunga

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

Only 2.6% of people in Urunga use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a very linguistically uniform area where the vast majority of residents speak only English.

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📍 Urunga, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 89.6% of the population. Only 0.2% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and national averages and has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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2.6% ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 68% 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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0.2% ▼ -43.4%

Higher than 51% 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 Urunga, English only is the majority at 100%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 89.6% 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 Urunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115144/urunga/topic/language