6.0% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Avalon - Palm Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Avalon - Palm Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 6% of people in Avalon - Palm Beach speak a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, marking it as a place where English is overwhelmingly the dominant language. This pattern has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.6% of the area, while just 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure. This high level of English proficiency is consistent with the very small number of people who use other languages at home.
0.3% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Avalon - Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/122021420/avalon-palm-beach/topic/language