65.6% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2190, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2190, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 66% of people in postcode 2190 speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region, though the proportion of people using other languages fell slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Arabic is the most common language here at 39.2%, while only 26.7% of residents speak only English. This high diversity is reflected in the fact that 10.5% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
10.5% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 2190, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2190/2190-nsw/topic/language