45.8% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.0%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kogarah Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kogarah Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Kogarah Bay use a language other than English at home. This level of linguistic diversity is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most multilingual areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 45.8% of people use another language at home, with Greek being the most common non-English language at 12.8%. This high diversity is reflected in the 5.5% who speak little or no English, a figure slightly above the Australian average.
5.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Kogarah Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12191/kogarah-bay/topic/language