17.9% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2110, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2110, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 18% of people in postcode 2110 speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. English is the primary language for the vast majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.9% of residents use another language at home, a figure that rose slightly since 2011. English is spoken by 74.7% of the area, followed by Mandarin at 3.3% and Cantonese at 2.1%. Only 2.0% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
2.0% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 2110, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2110/2110-nsw/topic/language