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Sunshine Bay · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sunshine Bay

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Sunshine Bay, where only 6.4% of residents use another language at home. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.

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📍 Sunshine Bay, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most people speak only English, though 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Other languages heard here include Punjabi, Italian, Vietnamese and Cantonese.

People using another language at home

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6.4% ▲ +88.6%

Higher than 67% 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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0.8% ▲ +16.7%

Higher than 73% 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 Sunshine Bay, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 89.0% Punjabi 0.8% Italian 0.5% Vietnamese 0.2% Cantonese 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 Sunshine Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13710/sunshine-bay/topic/language