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Language in Fishing Point

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

English is the primary tongue for the vast majority of people in Fishing Point. Only 4.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Fishing Point, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Nearly 90% of people speak only English at home, with small numbers using Mandarin, Cantonese, or Greek. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the state average at 0.8%, this is still much higher than in most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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4.6% ▲ +100.8%

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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0.8% ▲ +182.1%

Higher than 74% 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 Fishing Point, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 89.9% Mandarin 0.6% Cantonese 0.3% Greek 0.3%

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 Fishing Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11529/fishing-point/topic/language