2.4% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Salt Ash · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for nearly everyone in Salt Ash, where only 2.4% of people use another language at home. This means the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national averages.
English and the largest community languages.
The vast majority of residents speak only English (90.5%), which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While 0.6% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
2.4% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.6% ▲ —
Higher than 72% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Salt Ash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13482/salt-ash/topic/language