5.1% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2536, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2536, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.1% of people in postcode 2536 use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia, marking the area as overwhelmingly English-speaking. While the use of other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 87.6% of the population, while those who speak little or no English make up just 0.6% of the area. This is well below the New South Wales figure, with the most common non-English languages being Italian and Greek.
0.6% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 2536, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2536/2536-nsw/topic/language