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Old Erowal Bay · Urban Centre

Language in Old Erowal Bay

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

English is the dominant tongue in Old Erowal Bay, where 87.5% of people speak only this language at home. While the use of other languages has risen to 4.4% since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state.

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📍 Old Erowal Bay, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects in the very low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.3%.

People using another language at home

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4.4% ▲ +132.7%

Higher than 60% 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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0.3% ▼ -2.7%

Higher than 54% 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 Old Erowal Bay, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 87.5% Italian 0.3% Cantonese 0.2% Punjabi 0.2%

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 Old Erowal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115117/old-erowal-bay/topic/language