5.0% ▼ -39.1%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brewarrina · Urban Centre
Language in Brewarrina
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Brewarrina (L), with only 5% of residents using another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it an area where very few people require language support in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 5% of people use a language other than English — a figure higher than most similar areas — this is still far below the New South Wales average. Most residents speak only English (78.2%), and very few people, just 0.4%, speak little or no English.
0.4% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121013/brewarrina/topic/language