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Language in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point

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

English is the primary tongue for 89% of people in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen slightly to 5%.

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📍 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Five per cent of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.7%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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5.0% ▲ +58.7%

Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▲ +11.8%

Higher than 73% of urban centre 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.

Language used at home

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In St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, English only is the majority at 98%; Greek is next at 1%.

English only 89.0% Greek 0.7% Italian 0.4% Tagalog 0.3% Arabic 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Hindi 0.0%

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 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113015/st-georges-basin-sanctuary-point/topic/language