10.6% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narrabeen · Suburb / Locality
Language in Narrabeen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 10.6% of people in Narrabeen use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the New South Wales and national figures. Most residents rely solely on English for their daily communication.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home for 84.3% of residents. While 0.9% of people speak little or no English—a figure much higher than in similar areas—this is still well below the state average of 4.5%.
0.9% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Narrabeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12911/narrabeen/topic/language