11.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clovelly · Suburb / Locality
Language in Clovelly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Clovelly use a language other than English at home compared to the national average. While 11.3% of residents speak another language, this figure is far below the 22.3% seen across Australia. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 85.6% of people speak only English at home, with smaller groups speaking Greek and Italian. Although the 11.3% who use another language is much higher than in most similar areas, it is still far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%.
0.7% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Clovelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10937/clovelly/topic/language