39.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canada Bay · Council (LGA)
Language in Canada Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 56.2% of residents in Canada Bay, though the area is notably diverse. Nearly 40% of people here speak another language at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 39.5% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 3.7 percentage points since 2011 and is far above the New South Wales average. While 6.1% of residents speak little or no English—which is among the highest rates for similar areas—this figure fell slightly since 2016.
6.1% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Canada Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11520/canada-bay/topic/language