St Huberts Island · Suburb / Locality

Language in St Huberts Island

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

English is the dominant tongue for almost everyone in St Huberts Island, where only 6.2% of people use another language at home. This means very few residents need translation services for daily life, reflecting a community that is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 90.2% of people speak only English, a small number of residents use Italian, Mandarin or Tagalog. Only 0.6% of the population speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

6.2% ▲ +45.9%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 6.2%

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

0.6% ▲ +71.4%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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 St Huberts Island, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 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 St Huberts Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13653/st-huberts-island/topic/language