8.9% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cronulla · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cronulla
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using a language other than English at home in Cronulla since 2011. While 8.9% of residents now speak another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.9% of people, with Greek and Italian being the most common other options. Only 0.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.7% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 Cronulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11120/cronulla/topic/language