12.0% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shellharbour - Flinders · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Shellharbour - Flinders
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Shellharbour - Flinders compared to the rest of the state. Only 12% of residents speak another language, which is much lower than the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it a linguistically uniform area where the vast majority of people communicate in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 84.1% of the population, and the proportion of people using another language at home has fallen to 12% since 2011. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 1.3% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
1.3% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Shellharbour - Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107031141/shellharbour-flinders/topic/language