5.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.9% of people in Avoca. While this is far below the national and state figures for non-English speakers, it remains higher than most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly English-speaking, with very few residents using other languages at home.
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas despite being far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Greek is the most common second language at 1.4%, and no one in the area speaks little or no English.
5.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10114/avoca/topic/language