5.1% ▲ +52.0%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2478, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2478, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle of similar areas for linguistic diversity, postcode 2478 is a place where English is the dominant tongue. Only 5.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 89.1% of the population, and only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average. While the number of people using another language at home rose slightly since 2011 to 5.1%, the most common non-English languages are Italian and Punjabi.
0.4% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 53% 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 2478, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2478/2478-nsw/topic/language