39.9% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2009, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2009, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just over half of people in postcode 2009 speak English only at home, making it a linguistically diverse area. Nearly 40% of residents use a language other than English, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 6.9%, followed by Cantonese at 4.3%. While 39.9% of people use another language at home—up 4.4 points since 2011—the proportion of those who speak little or no English fell to 5.3%.
5.3% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 2009, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2009/2009-nsw/topic/language