26.9% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2045, NSW · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 70.7% of people in postcode 2045 speak only English at home. However, the area is more linguistically diverse than most, with 26.9% of residents using a language other than English. This is well above the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
Italian is the most common second language at 16.1%, followed by Greek at 2.0%. While 4.6% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas, this figure has fallen since 2016.
26.9% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4.6% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 2045, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2045/2045-nsw/topic/language