Fingal Bay · Suburb / Locality

Language in Fingal Bay

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Fingal Bay. Only 2.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much more linguistically uniform than the rest of the state.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 89.1% of people, while only 0.2% speak little or no English. This small number of non-English speakers is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

2.8% ▲ +28.2%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 2.8%

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

0.2% ▼ -1.3%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Fingal Bay, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Fingal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11521/fingal-bay/topic/language