24.7% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2500, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2500, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slight drop in the number of people using a language other than English has occurred in postcode 2500 since 2011. About 24.7% of residents now speak a second language at home, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 69.7% of the area, others include Mandarin, Arabic, Italian, and Greek. About 4.0% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas, though this figure fell from 5.2% in 2016.
4.0% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 2500, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2500/2500-nsw/topic/language