Manly Vale - Allambie Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Manly Vale - Allambie Heights

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

English is the dominant tongue in Manly Vale - Allambie Heights, where 81.8% of people speak only one language at home. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, though the proportion of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.

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📍 Manly Vale - Allambie Heights, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 15.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Aside from English, the most common languages are Mandarin, Italian, and Cantonese, while just 1.7% of people speak little or no English.

15.5% ▲ +6.2%

Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 14.6%
  • 2016: 15.6%
  • 2021: 15.5%

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

1.7% ▼ -10.1%

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 1.7%

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 Manly Vale - Allambie Heights, English only is the majority at 94%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

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 Manly Vale - Allambie Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/122031430/manly-vale-allambie-heights/topic/language