23.3% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shalvey · Suburb / Locality
Language in Shalvey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A little more than 23% of people in Shalvey use a language other than English at home, which is slightly above the national figure. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher proportion of people who speak little or no English than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.3% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most areas but well below the New South Wales figure. English is the main language for 62.5% of residents, followed by Arabic at 3.2%, while 3.7% of people speak little or no English.
3.7% ▲ +35.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Shalvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13538/shalvey/topic/language