6.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Avalon Beach · Suburb / Locality
Language in Avalon Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 91% of residents in Avalon Beach. While this is far below the national figure, the area is actually more linguistically diverse than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few people struggle with English here; only 0.3% speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Avalon Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10112/avalon-beach/topic/language