4.9% ▲ +42.9%
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shoalhaven · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Shoalhaven
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Shoalhaven compared to most similar areas. Only 4.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. This makes the area one of the least linguistically diverse in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.4% of residents, and the number of people using another language at home has risen slightly to 4.9% since 2011. Very few people struggle with English here, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Shoalhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11401/shoalhaven/topic/language