1.6% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moruya Heads · Urban Centre
Language in Moruya Heads
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Moruya Heads compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.6% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language here, with 87.1% of people using it exclusively. The proportion of people speaking other languages fell by 2.3 percentage points since 2011, and there are now virtually no residents who speak little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Moruya Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121082/moruya-heads/topic/language