3.0% ▲ +144.9%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Townsend · Urban Centre
Language in Townsend
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Townsend than the state average. Only 3% of residents use another language at home, which is significantly below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 93% of the community, and the number of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure at 0%. While the use of other languages rose slightly to 3% since 2011, it remains much lower than in most other areas.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Townsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121110/townsend/topic/language