15.2% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elizabeth Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Elizabeth Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Elizabeth Bay, where 78.9% of people speak only this language. While more residents use another language at home than in most similar areas, the figure is still well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in similar areas but far below the NSW figure. Only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that sits well below the state average.
0.9% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Elizabeth Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11398/elizabeth-bay/topic/language