Scotts Head · Urban Centre

Language in Scotts Head

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

A growing number of people in Scotts Head now speak a language other than English at home, though the figure remains very low. Only 3.9% of residents use another language, which is far below both the state and national figures.

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📍 Scotts Head, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While English is spoken by 90.1% of the community, the share of people using another language rose 1.9 points since 2011. Despite this, no one in the area speaks little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average.

3.9% ▲ +95.6%

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 3.9%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Scotts Head, English only is the majority at 100%; Tagalog is next at 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 Scotts Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121102/scotts-head/topic/language