3.8% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Illawarra · Suburb / Locality
Language in Illawarra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Illawarra compared to the rest of the state. Only 3.8% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language spoken at home by 91.3% of people. While 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas, though still well below the state and national figures.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21227/illawarra/topic/language