25.8% —
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Inner West · Council (LGA)
Language in Inner West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people have used a language other than English at home in the Inner West since 2016, with the figure falling by 2.6 percentage points. Despite this drop, it remains a diverse area where 25.8% of residents speak another language. This is well above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About one quarter of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most areas. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin, Greek, Italian, and Vietnamese, while 4.7% of residents speak little or no English.
4.7% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Inner West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14170/inner-west/topic/language