25.7% ▲ +77.6%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2079, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2079, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A jump of 11 percentage points since 2011 means more people in postcode 2079 now speak a language other than English at home. This change has left the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, with over a quarter of residents using another language daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.9%, only 2.5% of the population speak little or no English.
2.5% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 2079, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2079/2079-nsw/topic/language