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Shoalhaven Heads · Urban Centre

Language in Shoalhaven Heads

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

English is the primary language for 91.2% of people in Shoalhaven Heads, making it a very linguistically uniform area. This is a stark contrast to the rest of the state, where the proportion of people using a language other than English at home is far higher.

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📍 Shoalhaven Heads, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% and has barely changed since 2011. Similarly, those who speak little or no English make up just 0.4% of the population, a figure well below the New South Wales average.

People using another language at home

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2.8% ▲ +2.0%

Lower 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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0.4% ▼ -36.2%

Higher than 57% 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 Shoalhaven Heads, English only is the majority at 99%; Cantonese is next at 0%.

English only 91.2% Cantonese 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Tagalog 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 Shoalhaven Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115125/shoalhaven-heads/topic/language