Box Head - MacMasters Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Box Head - MacMasters Beach

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.

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📍 Box Head - MacMasters Beach, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

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.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 4.6%

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.

  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Box Head - MacMasters Beach, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 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