18.2% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rushcutters Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rushcutters Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Rushcutters Bay, though nearly one in five residents speaks another language. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 72.3% of people at home, with Mandarin, Italian, and Greek being the most common other languages. Only 0.6% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the state average.
0.6% ▼ -68.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Rushcutters Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13459/rushcutters-bay/topic/language