5.8% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Safety Bay - Shoalwater · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Safety Bay - Shoalwater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Safety Bay - Shoalwater compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.8% of residents speak another language, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, with 87.9% doing so, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This lack of linguistic diversity is reflected in the fact that only 0.5% of people speak little or no English.
0.5% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Safety Bay - Shoalwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051190/safety-bay-shoalwater/topic/language