50.8% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2148, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2148, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the population in postcode 2148 now speaks a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 8.5 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 50.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is spoken by 42.8% of people, Punjabi (9.1%), Hindi (4.1%), and Arabic (3.9%) are also common, and 7.2% of the population speaks little or no English.
7.2% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 2148, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2148/2148-nsw/topic/language