2.0% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Truro · Urban Centre
Language in Truro
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 2% of people in Truro speak a language other than English at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than most areas. This narrow range of languages is a long-term trend for the town, where nearly 90% of residents use only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 89.4% of the population, while those using another language at home are far below the national figure of 22.3%. This has barely changed since 2011, and the proportion of people speaking little or no English has fallen to 0.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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 Truro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422057/truro/topic/language