25.9% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Little Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Little Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more than most similar areas use a language other than English at home in Little Bay. While 25.9% of residents speak another language, very few of them struggle with English, which keeps the community well-connected.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.9% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. English is still the main language for 68.4% of residents, followed by Mandarin at 3.8% and Greek at 2.3%. Only 2.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
2.2% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
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 Little Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12358/little-bay/topic/language