Shoalhaven, New South Wales

Languages other than English in Shoalhaven

Shoalhaven is overwhelmingly English-speaking: at the 2021 Census, 3.8 per cent of residents used another language at home, most often Greek. The top two are neck and neck. Shoalhaven's share is well under the national share. That number was well over a fifth lower in 2016.

Residents: 107,180
Speak another language: 4,112
Languages at home: 86
Change since 2016: +39.2%

Which communities in Shoalhaven speak another language at home?

Greek leads a short list of small communities.

Greek

278 speakers

Its speaker count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Italian

263 speakers

About 0.2 per cent of all residents.

Spanish

244 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has grown by more than a quarter.

What sets Shoalhaven apart from New South Wales?

Across New South Wales, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Shoalhaven ranks 63rd in New South Wales, in the top half.

Shoalhaven: 3.8%
New South Wales: 25.7%
Australia: 21.3%

Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.

See where Shoalhaven sits on the diversity index.

Do Shoalhaven's suburbs differ much?

South Nowra leads, Tapitallee trails, and the rest sit close between them.

Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.

Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.

A note on method: 7,234 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 3.8% sits below the 10.6% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 4.1% measured across respondents only.

People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.

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