22.1% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2015, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2015, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 22.1% of people in postcode 2015 speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is about the same as the national figure, the variety of languages spoken here reflects a diverse community where English remains the primary tongue for 73% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
More people have used another language at home here since 2011, with Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese being the most common non-English tongues. Despite this, the share of people who speak little or no English is only 1.9%, a figure that fell since 2016 and remains a little below the national average.
1.9% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 2015, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2015/2015-nsw/topic/language