18.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2519, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2519, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slight decline in the use of non-English languages has occurred in postcode 2519 since 2011. While 18.4% of people now use another language at home, this figure is well below the national average of 22.3%. Most residents still speak only English, though the area remains more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the share of people using another language at home fell 1.0 percentage points to 18.4% since 2011, this remains much higher than most similar areas. English is the main language for 77.4% of the population, followed by Italian at 2.9%, and Mandarin at 1.5%.
2.7% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 2519, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2519/2519-nsw/topic/language