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Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount

Proficiency in English

In Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount in 2016, 6 people who spoke a language other than English at home reported difficulty speaking English.

Proficiency in English measures the self-assessed proficiency in spoken English of people who speak a language other than English at home. The data, when viewed with other ethnic and cultural indicators, such as Ancestry, Country of Birth, Language Spoken at Home and Religion, reflects Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount's ethnic composition and how long the overseas born have been in Australia. This helps service providers determine whether they need to communicate with the local population in languages other than English.

Derived from the Census question:

'How well does the person speak English?'

Total population

Proficiency in English
Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount - Total persons (Usual residence)20162011Change
English proficiencyNumber%West Wollongong %Number%West Wollongong %2011 to 2016
Speaks English only1,12288.073.876189.973.6+360
Speaks English well or very well1007.817.9556.517.8+45
Speaks English not well or not at all60.54.091.13.7-3
Not stated473.74.3212.54.9+26

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).

Proficiency in English, 2016
Proficiency in English, 2016 Not stated, West Wollongong: 4.3% Speaks English not well or not at all, West Wollongong: 4.0% Speaks English well or very well, West Wollongong: 17.9% Speaks English only, West Wollongong: 73.8% Not stated, Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount: 3.7% Speaks English not well or not at all, Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount: 0.5% Speaks English well or very well, Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount: 7.8% Speaks English only, Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount: 88.0%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2016 (Usual residence data)
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Change in Proficiency in English, 2011 to 2016
Change in Proficiency in English, 2011 to 2016 Not stated, Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount: +26 Speaks English not well or not at all, Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount: -3 Speaks English well or very well, Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount: +45 Speaks English only, Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount: +360
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 and 2016 (Usual residence data)
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the proficiency in English data of the population in Haywards Bay - Yallah - Marshall Mount in 2016 compared to West Wollongong shows that there was a higher proportion of people who spoke English only, and a lower proportion of people who spoke another language and English not well or not at all.

Overall, 88.0% of people spoke English only, and 0.5% spoke another language and English not well or not at all, compared with 73.8% and 4.0% respectively for West Wollongong.

Emerging groups

The most significant change in the proficiency in English of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 was in those speaking:

  • Speaks English only (+360 persons)

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