3.7% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, where only 3.7% of residents use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, reflecting a community with very little linguistic diversity.
English and the largest community languages.
Very few people speak little or no English here, at just 0.5%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%. English is spoken exclusively by 89.1% of the population, and these figures have barely changed over the last decade.
3.7% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% ▲ +79.4%
Lower than 73% 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 Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106031124/tea-gardens-hawks-nest/topic/language