1.3% ▲ +101.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
The Rock · Suburb / Locality
Language in The Rock
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in The Rock, with very few residents using another tongue at home. Only 1.3% of the community speaks a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This highlights a high level of linguistic uniformity compared to most other Australian areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 92.4% of people speak only English at home, a rate far below the New South Wales average of 26.6% for other languages. While 0.2% of residents speak little or no English, this is still well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.2% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13854/the-rock/topic/language