2.3% ▼ -66.4%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jervis Bay · Urban Centre
Language in Jervis Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A falling number of people speaking languages other than English at home has seen Jervis Bay (L) become even less linguistically diverse since 2011. Only 2.3% of residents now use another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.1% of the area. The proportion of people using a language other than English fell by 4.6 percentage points since 2011, and no residents reported speaking little or no English.
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.
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 Jervis Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL922002/jervis-bay/topic/language