Scone Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Scone Surrounds

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Just 2.2% of people in Scone Surrounds use a language other than English at home, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region. The community is overwhelmingly English-speaking, with very few residents facing significant language barriers.

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📍 Scone Surrounds, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used in 90.7% of homes, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 26.6% for other languages. Only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, which is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.

2.2% ▲ +59.2%

Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▲ +142.6%

Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 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 Scone Surrounds, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese 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 Scone Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106041129/scone-surrounds/topic/language