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East Gosford - Point Frederick's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
East Gosford - Point Frederick's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
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Language used at home - Summary | |||||||
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East Gosford - Point Frederick - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language summary | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 5,215 | 81.1 | 57.3 | 5,011 | 81.4 | 58.4 | +204 |
Non-English total | 891 | 13.9 | 37.4 | 712 | 11.6 | 35.8 | +179 |
Not stated | 327 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 433 | 7.0 | 5.8 | -106 |
Total Population | 6,433 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,156 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +277 |
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of East Gosford - Point Frederick in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a larger proportion of people who used English only, and a smaller proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 81.1% of the population used English only, and 13.9% used a non-English language, compared with 57.3% and 37.4% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in East Gosford - Point Frederick was Mandarin, with 1.7% of the population, or 111 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of East Gosford - Point Frederick and Greater Sydney in 2021 were:
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 179 or 25.1%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 204 or 4.1%.
There were no major differences in East Gosford - Point Frederick between 2016 and 2021.
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