2025, NSW · Postcode

Language in 2025, NSW

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the only language spoken at home by 79.6% of people in postcode 2025. While this is well below the national figure, the area has seen a rise in the number of people using a language other than English since 2011.

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📍 2025, NSW, Postcode

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 14.9% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is alongside a small group of people who speak little or no English, though at 1.2% this is a little below the Australian figure.

14.9% ▲ +31.8%

Higher than 74% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 11.3%
  • 2016: 14.2%
  • 2021: 14.9%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

1.2% ▲ +4.2%

Higher than 67% of postcode areas.

  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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 2025, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2025/2025-nsw/topic/language