4.0% ▲ +37.4%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Stephens · Council (LGA)
Language in Port Stephens
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small rise in non-English speakers has seen 4% of people in Port Stephens now use another language at home. This is far below the national figure, making the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.8% of residents, which is far below the New South Wales figure for non-English speakers. Only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Port Stephens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16400/port-stephens/topic/language