33.9% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2173, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2173, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a third of people in postcode 2173 now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011. This area is far more linguistically diverse than the national average, with 33.9% of residents using a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 62.3% of people speak only English, 33.9% use another language, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Arabic is the most common second language at 5.0%, and 2.9% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that has barely changed since 2016.
2.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 2173, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2173/2173-nsw/topic/language