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St George · Urban Centre

Language in St George

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

English is the primary way people communicate in St George, with 83.9% of residents speaking only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, though it remains slightly more diverse than many similar regional areas.

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📍 St George, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, which fell to 0.8% in 2021.

People using another language at home

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4.4% ▲ +7.0%

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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0.8% ▼ -74.0%

Higher than 74% 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 George, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

English only 83.9% Tagalog 0.6% Greek 0.2% Vietnamese 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 St George [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315089/st-george/topic/language