3.5% ▲ +46.5%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2428, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2428, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates postcode 2428 from the New South Wales average for language diversity. Only 3.5% of people here use a language other than English at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than the state or the nation. This high level of English use is a defining feature of the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.9% of residents, with only 0.4% of people speaking little or no English. This is well below the national figure of 3.4%, though the proportion of people using a language other than English rose slightly from 2.4% in 2011 to 3.5% in 2021.
0.4% ▲ +41.0%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 2428, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2428/2428-nsw/topic/language