5.6% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2282, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2282, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.6% of people in postcode 2282 use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, though the use of other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 91.8% of residents, and the number of people who speak little or no English is well below the state average at just 0.5%. Small numbers of people speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic or Punjabi at home.
0.5% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 2282, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2282/2282-nsw/topic/language