56.4% —
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Parramatta · Council (LGA)
Language in Parramatta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, Parramatta sees more than half of its residents using a language other than English at home. This figure rose 4.4 percentage points since 2016 to reach 56.4%, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 38.2% of the population, while Mandarin (12.4%) and Cantonese (6.4%) are the next most common languages. Because of this diversity, the 9.4% of people who speak little or no English is well above the 3.4% national figure.
9.4% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16260/parramatta/topic/language