44.4% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2210, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2210, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than four in ten people now speak a language other than English at home in postcode 2210, a figure that has risen 6.7 points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 44.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While half the population speaks only English, common alternatives include Mandarin (9.1%), Cantonese (7.6%), and Arabic (6.0%). This diversity is reflected in the 10.2% of people who speak little or no English, a proportion well above the New South Wales average.
10.2% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 2210, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2210/2210-nsw/topic/language