48.7% ▲ +37.1%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2126, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2126, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in postcode 2126 now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 13 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 48.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language, Mandarin (12.7%), Cantonese (7.0%), and Hindi (4.3%) are also widely spoken, and the proportion of people speaking little or no English has risen slightly to 5.5%.
5.5% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 2126, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2126/2126-nsw/topic/language