21.1% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Neutral Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Neutral Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher rates of multilingualism than most similar areas define Neutral Bay, where 21.1% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is higher than nearby suburbs, it remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74.6% of residents, with Mandarin (3.4%) and Cantonese (1.7%) being the most common other tongues. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average of 3.4%.
1.7% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Neutral Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12943/neutral-bay/topic/language