5.5% ▼ -84.3%
Lower than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point · Urban Area
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, where only 5.5% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it an area where very few residents rely on translation or multilingual services for daily life.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.7% of the population, and the proportion of people using another language has fallen sharply since 2011. Only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
5.5% ▼ -84.3%
Lower than 65% of urban area areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.6% ▼ -90.9%
Lower than 61% of urban area 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1030/st-georges-basin-sanctuary-point/topic/language