49.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2131, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2131, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the people in postcode 2131 speak a language other than English at home. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, with 49.4% of residents using another language, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 46% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common other language at 12.5%, followed by Cantonese at 5.3%. This high diversity is reflected in the 10% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
10.0% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 2131, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2131/2131-nsw/topic/language