6.7% ▲ +59.5%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of people in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, making the area much less linguistically diverse than the state or national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.7% of residents use another language at home, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. Very few people struggle with English, with just 0.8% speaking little or no English, which is well below the state figure.
0.8% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011040/umina-booker-bay-patonga/topic/language