Shell Cove, Shellharbour
What Shell Cove speaks at home
The 2021 Census found one in nine residents in Shell Cove speaking a language other than English at home, led by Macedonian. That count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016. Shellharbour has a lower share than Shell Cove.
- Residents
- 7,402
- Speak another language
- 11.2%+32.2%
- Languages spoken
- 45
- Born overseas
- 15.1%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Shell Cove?
- 01Macedonian217+18.6%
- 02Arabic86+562%
- 03Spanish56+36.6%
- 04Serbian47+95.8%
- 05Italian38-7.3%
- 06Turkish29+16.0%
- 07Greek25+31.6%
- 08Mandarin25+127%
- 09Polish25+317%
- 10Portuguese25+127%
Is Shell Cove more multilingual than Australia as a whole?
The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Shell Cove
- 11.2%
- Shellharbour
- 8.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
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