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Fennell Bay · Suburb / Locality

Language in Fennell Bay

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

A vast majority of people in Fennell Bay speak only English, with just 4.4% using another language at home. This is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia, making it a much less linguistically diverse area than the state or national average.

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📍 Fennell Bay, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 90% of residents, meaning the share of people using other languages is far below the national figure. While only 0.6% of people speak little or no English, this is still higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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4.4% ▲ +3.8%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.6% ▼ -0.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Fennell Bay, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 90.0% Mandarin 0.7% Tagalog 0.2% Arabic 0.2% Italian 0.2%

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 Fennell Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11503/fennell-bay/topic/language