7.1% —
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Central Coast · Council (LGA)
Language in Central Coast
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in the Central Coast, with the figure rising to 7.1% in 2021. While this is a slight increase, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than both New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.7% of residents, and the 7.1% who speak another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.9% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11650/central-coast/topic/language