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Language in Shoalhaven Heads

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

Roughly the same as similar areas, Shoalhaven Heads is a place where very few people use a language other than English. Just 2.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes English the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.

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📍 Shoalhaven Heads, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 91.3% of people at home, while others speak languages like Cantonese or Mandarin. Only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most areas but still well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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2.8% ▲ +13.7%

Lower than 56% 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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0.4% ▼ -19.3%

Higher than 66% 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 Shoalhaven Heads, English only is the majority at 99%; Cantonese is next at 0%.

English only 91.3% Cantonese 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Tagalog 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 Shoalhaven Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13555/shoalhaven-heads/topic/language