8.8% ▲ +58.4%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Manly West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Manly West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
An increasing number of people in Manly West are using a language other than English at home, rising 3.3 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia, with 88.2% of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.8% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the small number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.8%, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.
0.8% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Manly West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301031016/manly-west/topic/language