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Cumberland · Council (LGA)

Language in Cumberland

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A massive 65.2% of people in Cumberland use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This high level of linguistic diversity has remained steady since 2016. It makes the area one of the most multilingual places in the region.

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📍 Cumberland, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 65.2% of residents speak a language other than English, with Arabic being the most common after English at 14.1%. This helps explain why 14.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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65.2% —

Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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14.2% ▼ -3.7%

Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Cumberland, the largest group is English only at 45%, followed by Arabic (24%) and Mandarin (11%).

English only 26.6% Arabic 14.1% Mandarin 6.7% Cantonese 4.0% Hindi 2.3% Vietnamese 1.6% Punjabi 1.2% Tagalog 1.0% Greek 0.7% Italian 0.6%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Cumberland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12380/cumberland/topic/language