51.1% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2117, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2117, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in postcode 2117 use a language other than English at home, placing it among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This trend has grown over the last decade, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising by 10 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 51.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common, it is followed by Mandarin (13.3%), Cantonese (7.7%), and Arabic (5.1%), and 11% of people speak little or no English.
11.0% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 2117, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2117/2117-nsw/topic/language