5.6% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Manly - Lota · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Manly - Lota, where 90.4% of people speak only English at home. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, making the area far less linguistically diverse than most Australian suburbs.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. This includes small numbers of Mandarin and Italian speakers, while those who speak little or no English make up just 0.5% of the population.
5.6% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 73% 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 Manly - Lota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301031015/manly-lota/topic/language