34.3% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2213, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2213, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A diverse range of voices fills daily life in postcode 2213, where over a third of the population speaks a language other than English at home. This represents a significant increase in linguistic diversity over the last decade, making the area far more multilingual than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 34.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 10 points since 2011 and is far above the Australian average of 22.3%. While English is the main language for 62.1%, Arabic (7.1%), Vietnamese (4.0%), Greek (3.8%) and Mandarin (3.5%) are also common, and 5.0% of people speak little or no English.
5.0% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 2213, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2213/2213-nsw/topic/language