6.4% ▲ +65.5%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2257, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2257, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in postcode 2257 compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.2% of the population, though the use of other languages rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.7% speaking little or no English—a figure well below the state average.
0.7% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 2257, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2257/2257-nsw/topic/language