48.8% ▲ +54.8%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2072, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2072, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A 17 percentage point jump since 2011 has made postcode 2072 one of the most multilingual areas in the region. Nearly half of all residents now speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 20.2%, followed by Cantonese at 9.0%. Around 8.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
8.3% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 2072, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2072/2072-nsw/topic/language