Yabba South · Suburb / Locality

Language in Yabba South

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

Nearly 22% of people in Yabba South speak a language other than English at home. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though the figure remains about the same as the national average.

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📍 Yabba South, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 87.5% of residents speak only English, 18.8% use Greek at home. Despite this diversity, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

21.9%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 21.9%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Yabba South, English only is the majority at 82%; Greek is next at 18%.

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 Yabba South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22888/yabba-south/topic/language