2.9% ▲ +56.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Old Bar · Suburb / Locality
Language in Old Bar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for almost everyone in Old Bar, where only 2.9% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, meaning most daily interactions in the area happen in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 91.2% of residents speak only English, which is far below the New South Wales average of 26.6% for those using other languages. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas despite being well below the national figure.
0.4% ▲ +80.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Old Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13084/old-bar/topic/language