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Shelly Beach · Suburb / Locality

Language in Shelly Beach

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

Just 3.4% of people in Shelly Beach use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure, making it an area where English is the overwhelming primary language for almost every resident.

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📍 Shelly Beach, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 89.5% of residents speak only English. While the 0.5% of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the New South Wales average.

People using another language at home

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3.4% ▲ +17.2%

Higher than 50% 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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0.5% ▲ +100.8%

Higher than 68% 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 Shelly Beach, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 89.5% Mandarin 0.5% Arabic 0.5% Italian 0.2%

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 Shelly Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13550/shelly-beach/topic/language