44.0% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2017, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2017, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in postcode 2017 use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country, with a strong presence of Mandarin and Cantonese speakers.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 44% of people here use another language at home, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. While 48.9% speak only English, Mandarin is common at 16.3%; meanwhile, 6.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the Australian figure.
6.5% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 2017, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2017/2017-nsw/topic/language