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Tuncurry · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tuncurry

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

English is the dominant way of communicating in Tuncurry, where only 3.3% of people use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national figures, with the vast majority of residents sharing a common first language.

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📍 Tuncurry, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90.5% of residents speak only English, and the proportion of people using another language is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, this remains well below the national average.

People using another language at home

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3.3% ▲ +35.8%

Lower than 51% 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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0.9% ▲ +142.6%

Higher than 74% 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 Tuncurry, English only is the majority at 99%; Cantonese is next at 0%.

English only 90.5% Cantonese 0.3% Italian 0.3% Tagalog 0.2% Mandarin 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Greek 0.1% Vietnamese 0.0%

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 Tuncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13987/tuncurry/topic/language