5.4% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour than in most other areas. Only 5.4% of residents speak a different language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.5% of residents, while only 0.4% speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average. While the proportion of people using another language at home rose slightly to 5.4% since 2011, it remains much lower than most similar areas.
0.4% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051191/singleton-golden-bay-secret-harbour/topic/language