4.0% ▲ +34.1%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Stephens · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Port Stephens
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost everyone in Port Stephens speaks English in their daily lives, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region. Only 4.0% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below both the state and national levels.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.8% of the population. Very few people struggle with the local tongue, as those who speak little or no English make up just 0.5% of the community, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
0.5% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 Port Stephens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10603/port-stephens/topic/language