12.3% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oyster Bay - Como - Jannali · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant way people communicate in Oyster Bay - Como - Jannali, with 85% of residents speaking only English at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of New South Wales.
English and the largest community languages.
Just 12.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This contributes to a very small proportion of the population—only 1.5%—who speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
12.3% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.5% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 52% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Oyster Bay - Como - Jannali [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/128021536/oyster-bay-como-jannali/topic/language