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Broken Hill CityCommunity profile

Broken Hill City

Proficiency in English

In Broken Hill City in 2021, 58 people who spoke a language other than English at home reported difficulty speaking English.

Proficiency in English measures the self-assessed proficiency in spoken English of people who speak a language other than English at home. The data, when viewed with other ethnic and cultural indicators, such as Ancestry, Country of Birth, Language Spoken at Home and Religion, reflects Broken Hill City's ethnic composition and how long the overseas born have been in Australia. This helps service providers determine whether they need to communicate with the local population in languages other than English.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'How well does the person speak English?'

Proficiency in English
Broken Hill City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
English proficiencyNumber%Regional NSW %Number%Regional NSW %2011 to 2021
Speaks English only15,48088.086.816,91891.490.4-1,438
Speaks English well or very well5863.36.04032.24.5+183
Speaks English not well or not at all580.30.9600.30.7-2
Not stated1,4658.36.31,1366.14.4+329
Total population17,589100.0100.018,517100.0100.0-928
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the proficiency in English data of the population in Broken Hill City in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a higher proportion of people who spoke English only, and a lower proportion of people who spoke another language and English not well or not at all.

Overall, 88.0% of people spoke English only, and 0.3% spoke another language and English not well or not at all, compared with 86.8% and 0.9% respectively for Regional NSW.

Emerging groups

The most significant changes in the proficiency in English of the population in this area between 2011 and 2021 were in those speaking:

  • Speaks English only (-1,438 persons)
  • Speaks English well or very well (+183 persons)

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