4.3% —
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Macquarie - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Port Macquarie - South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 4.3% of people in Port Macquarie - South use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national figures. Most residents speak only English, and very few struggle with English proficiency.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language for 92.7% of residents, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6% for those using other languages. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure well below the national average of 3.4%.
0.3% —
Lower than 87% 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.
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 Port Macquarie - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108041620/port-macquarie-south/topic/language