46.6% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2212, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2212, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in postcode 2212 speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of New South Wales and Australia, with a trend that has grown steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 48.2% of the area, though Arabic (11.1%), Vietnamese (6.2%), and Mandarin (5.3%) are also common. Around 46.6% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 8.8% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average.
8.8% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 2212, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2212/2212-nsw/topic/language