6.9% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rocky Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rocky Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Rocky Point use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 80.7% of the population speaks only English, 6.9% use another language, although this is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Italian being the most common non-English tongue at 2.1%. This is much lower than the 22.3% national figure, yet 2.1% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.1% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Rocky Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32457/rocky-point/topic/language