53.2% —
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Georges River · Council (LGA)
Language in Georges River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the most common language in Georges River, spoken by 42.1% of residents. This is a highly multilingual area where more than half the population speaks another language at home, a figure that has remained steady since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Over half of the population (53.2%) uses a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 10.3% who speak little or no English, a rate well above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
10.3% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
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.
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 Georges River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12930/georges-river/topic/language