4.6% ▲ +57.2%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Box Head - MacMasters Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 22 percentage point gap separates the language profile of Box Head - MacMasters Beach from the New South Wales average. Very few people here use a language other than English at home, and the area is far less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the fact that 91.7% speak only English, while those who speak little or no English make up just 0.4% of the population.
4.6% ▲ +57.2%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Box Head - MacMasters Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011029/box-head-macmasters-beach/topic/language