1.3% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Paxton · Urban Centre
Language in Paxton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone living in Paxton, where only 1.3% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and shows a community with very little linguistic diversity.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 94.8% of residents speak only English, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English, this is still well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.4% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Paxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121093/paxton/topic/language