Caves Beach · Suburb / Locality

Language in Caves Beach

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

A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Caves Beach compared to the rest of the country. Only 4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the state or national average.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 93.3% of the population. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English, this is still well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

4.0% ▲ +60.3%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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

0.4% ▲ +116.3%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Caves Beach, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Caves Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10861/caves-beach/topic/language