Tin Can Bay · Urban Centre

Language in Tin Can Bay

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Tin Can Bay. Only 1.3% of residents speak another language at home, meaning the area is far less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.

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📍 Tin Can Bay, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The use of other languages has fallen 8.3 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area far below the national figure of 22.3%. Consequently, no one in the community reported speaking little or no English in the latest census.

1.3% ▼ -86.6%

Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 1.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 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 Tin Can Bay, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian 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 Tin Can Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315092/tin-can-bay/topic/language