7.2% ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Central Coast · Urban Centre
Language in Central Coast
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 87.6% of people in Central Coast. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national averages, the number of people using another language at home has risen to 7.2% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Those who speak little or no English make up 0.9% of the population, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.9% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102002/central-coast/topic/language