14.8% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2024, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2024, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for most of the 2024 postcode, though a small minority of residents use other tongues in their daily lives. While more people here use a language other than English than in most similar areas, this figure is still well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.8% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Most people speak only English (79%), followed by small numbers of Italian and Greek speakers, while 1.1% speak little or no English.
1.1% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 2024, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2024/2024-nsw/topic/language