3.3% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tomago · Urban Centre
Language in Tomago
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Tomago (L), where only 3.3% of people use another tongue at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of New South Wales. Most residents rely solely on English for their daily communication.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While very few people use another language at home, the proportion of those who speak little or no English rose to 1.5% in 2021. This is much higher than in most similar areas, despite being a little below the national figure.
1.5% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Tomago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122133/tomago/topic/language