2.9% —
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Young Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Young Surrounds
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost everyone in Young Surrounds speaks English as their only language, making it a very linguistically uniform area. Just 2.9% of people use another language at home, a figure that has barely changed over the last five years.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This explains why the proportion of people who speak little or no English is so low at just 0.3%, well below the national average.
0.3% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Young Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061544/young-surrounds/topic/language