Macedonian
1,568 speakers
Used at home by one in 50 residents.
Shellharbour, New South Wales
The languages of Shellharbour beyond English
Most of Shellharbour speaks English at home, but about 6,600 people don't, the 2021 Census shows, and Macedonian leads among them. Shellharbour's share is well under the national share. Of the languages with a real base, Arabic rose fastest after 2016.
- Residents
- 75,433
- Speak another language
- 6,640
- Languages at home
- 89
- Change since 2016
- +3.9%
Which communities in Shellharbour are largest?
The three biggest groups are below, with their speaker counts.
What are the five most spoken languages other than English in Shellharbour?
Arabic is the one moving fastest: it has grown by more than half since 2016.
Top five by speakers at home, each with its movement on 2016. Show more to see the rest.
- 011,568+3.2%
- 02654-4.5%
- 03390-28.8%
- 04324+1.3%
- 05302+62.4%
How does Shellharbour's share measure up to New South Wales?
Across New South Wales, a language other than English is at least twice as common. In New South Wales, 35 councils rank higher.
- Shellharbour
- 8.8%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
Where in Shellharbour is a language other than English most common?
From Blackbutt down to Barrack Point, the gap is modest.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Blackbutt (NSW)Led by Macedonian19%695
- Shellharbour City CentreLed by Kannada14%16
- Flinders (NSW)Led by Macedonian14%1,012
- Barrack HeightsLed by Macedonian12%704
- Shell CoveLed by Macedonian11%830
- Mount WarrigalLed by Macedonian11%491
- CalderwoodLed by Malayalam10%307
- Lake IllawarraLed by Arabic9%287
- WarillaLed by Spanish8%507
- TullimbarLed by Spanish7%128
- ShellharbourLed by Macedonian7%251
- Oak FlatsLed by Spanish6%418
- Yellow Rock (Shellharbour - NSW)Led by Portuguese6%23
- Dunmore (NSW)Led by Malayalam5%27
- Albion Park RailLed by Spanish5%307
- Albion ParkLed by Macedonian4%615
- Barrack PointLed by Macedonian3%22
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 17 suburbs listed.
Which countries are Shellharbour's overseas-born residents from?
After Australia, most residents born overseas came from England.
Country of birth
13.9% born overseas, across 96 countries.
- 01England3,192+1.3%
- 02North Macedonia830
- 03New Zealand693+14.2%
- 04Germany487-8.5%
- 05Scotland435-16.7%
- 06Philippines391+40.6%
- 07Italy3490%
- 08Spain274-24.5%
- 09India271+79.5%
- 10South Africa202+21.7%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity41,362-6.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs28,278+62.7%
- 03Islam858+34.9%
- 04Buddhism495-1.4%
- 05Hinduism230+55.4%
- 06Judaism17+467%
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
Blank answers matter here. 3,631 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 8.8%. Count them in and it's 13.6%; drop them from the base and it's 9.2%.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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