Awaba · Suburb / Locality

Language in Awaba

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A huge 22 percentage point gap separates Awaba from the national average in language diversity. English is the dominant language here, with only 0.7% of people using another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.

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📍 Awaba, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 96.3% of residents. While 0.0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure, the overall use of any language other than English is far below the New South Wales average.

0.7% ▼ -72.6%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 0.7%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Awaba, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Awaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10119/awaba/topic/language