4.9% ▲ +42.9%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shoalhaven · Council (LGA)
Language in Shoalhaven
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 88.4% of people in Shoalhaven. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, as only 4.9% of residents use another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using a language other than English rose to 4.9% since 2011, though this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Shoalhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16950/shoalhaven/topic/language