28.0% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2558, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2558, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 28% of people in postcode 2558 use a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average. This mix of languages has grown by 6.4 percentage points since 2011, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most other regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 67.2% of residents, Arabic is the most common second language at 5.8%, followed by Hindi, Tagalog and Vietnamese. About 3.5% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most areas.
3.5% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 2558, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2558/2558-nsw/topic/language