14.2% ▲ +60.4%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2287, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2287, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people speak a language other than English in postcode 2287, with this figure rising by 5.4 percentage points since 2011. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, 82.2% of residents still speak only English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Mandarin and Arabic are the most common non-English languages, while those who speak little or no English make up 2.0% of the population.
2.0% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 2287, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2287/2287-nsw/topic/language