19.6% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Penrith · Council (LGA)
Language in Penrith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 74.2% of Penrith residents. While most people speak only English, the area has seen a rise in linguistic diversity over the last decade, with nearly one in five people now using a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.6% of people use another language at home, a figure that rose 5.1 points since 2011 and is much higher than most similar areas. English is the most common language, followed by Arabic at 1.8% and Punjabi at 1.4%, while 2.2% of residents speak little or no English.
2.2% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16350/penrith/topic/language