Streaky Bay · Urban Centre

Language in Streaky Bay

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

English is the primary language for 88.2% of people in Streaky Bay. This is a very uniform community where only 2.2% of residents speak another language at home, a figure that has dropped sharply since 2011.

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📍 Streaky Bay, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The proportion of people using another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Consistent with this, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

2.2% ▼ -97.4%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 82.3%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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 Streaky Bay, English only is the majority at 100%; Punjabi 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 Streaky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421037/streaky-bay/topic/language