12.4% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Freshwater · Suburb / Locality
Language in Freshwater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 84.5% of people in Freshwater. While this is well below the national figure, it is much higher than most similar areas. The suburb remains predominantly English-speaking, though a small number of residents use other languages at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure. Very few people struggle with English, with only 1.0% speaking little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Freshwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11572/freshwater/topic/language