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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Manly (Town Centre) in 2021, 34 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 Manly (Town Centre)'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.
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Manly (Town Centre) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
English proficiency | Number | % | Beacon Hill % | Number | % | Beacon Hill % | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 2,057 | 72.6 | 77.1 | 1,949 | 69.0 | 76.6 | +108 |
Speaks English well or very well | 595 | 21.0 | 18.1 | 538 | 19.1 | 17.1 | +56 |
Speaks English not well or not at all | 34 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 45 | 1.6 | 2.7 | -11 |
Not stated | 148 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 292 | 10.3 | 3.6 | -144 |
Total population | 2,834 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,825 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +9 |
Analysis of the proficiency in English data of the population in Manly (Town Centre) in 2021 compared to Beacon Hill shows that there was a lower proportion of people who spoke English only, as well as a lower proportion of people who spoke another language and English not well or not at all.
Overall, 72.6% of people spoke English only, and 1.2% spoke another language and English not well or not at all, compared with 77.1% and 2.2% respectively for Beacon Hill.
The most significant changes in the proficiency in English of the population in this area between 2016 and 2021 were in those speaking:
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