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Shellharbour City Centre · Suburb / Locality

Language in Shellharbour City Centre

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More than 15% of people in Shellharbour City Centre use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure. Most residents speak only English, with Vietnamese and Italian being the next most common languages.

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📍 Shellharbour City Centre, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 15.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, only 2.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the national average.

People using another language at home

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15.1% ▲ —

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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2.6% ▼ -78.6%

Higher than 87% 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.

Language used at home

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In Shellharbour City Centre, English only is the majority at 95%; Vietnamese is next at 3%.

English only 68.7% Vietnamese 2.0% Italian 0.9% Arabic 0.7%

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 Shellharbour City Centre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13549/shellharbour-city-centre/topic/language