6.0% ▲ +34.5%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Terrigal · State Electorate
Language in Terrigal
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Terrigal compared to most other areas. Only 6% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used by 89.7% of the population, and the 6% who speak another language at home is a figure that rose slightly since 2011. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales average.
0.6% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Terrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10082/terrigal/topic/language