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Moruya · Suburb / Locality

Language in Moruya

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

English has remained the dominant tongue in Moruya, where only 3% of people speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, marking the area as much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country.

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📍 Moruya, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 88.6% of residents, and those who speak little or no English make up just 0.2% of the population. While this is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%, it is actually higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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3.0% ▲ +32.0%

Lower than 54% 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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0.2% ▼ -32.6%

Higher than 62% 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 Moruya, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

English only 88.6% Vietnamese 0.5% Italian 0.3% Greek 0.1% Hindi 0.1%

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 Moruya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12745/moruya/topic/language