11.7% ▲ +84.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
The Entrance · Suburb / Locality
Language in The Entrance
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people now speak languages other than English in The Entrance, though English remains the dominant tongue. While 11.7% of residents use a different language at home, this is far below the figures seen across New South Wales and Australia. This shift is reflected in the variety of languages now spoken across the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken by 80.4% of people, though 11.7% use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes small numbers of Punjabi, Mandarin, and Tagalog speakers, while only 1.6% of the population speak little or no English.
1.6% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
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 The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13834/the-entrance/topic/language