18.2% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2299, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2299, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in postcode 2299 use a language other than English at home, making it much more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While English remains the main language for 75.3% of residents, the variety of speech in the community has grown over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 75.3% of residents, though 18.2% use another language at home, a figure that rose 3.0 percentage points since 2011. Despite being much higher than most similar areas, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Common other languages include Mandarin (2.0%) and Arabic (1.7%), while 3.3% of people speak little or no English.
3.3% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 2299, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2299/2299-nsw/topic/language