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Taroom · Urban Centre

Language in Taroom

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

Very few people in Taroom use a language other than English at home, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. Only 1.6% of the population speaks another language, a figure that is far below the national average.

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📍 Taroom, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 89.8% of residents, and the share of people using other languages fell 3.2 percentage points since 2011. This lack of linguistic variety is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.

People using another language at home

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1.6% ▼ -67.2%

Lower than 87% 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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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% 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 Taroom, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

English only 89.8% Tagalog 0.5%

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 Taroom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321100/taroom/topic/language