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Language in South West Rocks

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

About the same as similar areas, South West Rocks is a place where very few people use a language other than English. Only 2.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 South West Rocks, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 90.9% of the population. While 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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2.8% ▲ +63.3%

Lower than 55% 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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0.3% ▼ -21.1%

Higher than 63% 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 South West Rocks, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 0%.

English only 90.9% Tagalog 0.3% Hindi 0.2% Mandarin 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Greek 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Cantonese 0.1%

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 South West Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13616/south-west-rocks/topic/language