26.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2016, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2016, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in postcode 2016 now speak a language other than English at home, with this figure rising to 26.7% since 2011. This is well above the national average and makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 65% of residents speak only English, 26.7% use another language, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.6%, while 5.3% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas.
5.3% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 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 2016, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2016/2016-nsw/topic/language