48.4% ▲ +56.2%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2565, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2565, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the people in postcode 2565 speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a significant shift in the area's makeup, as the proportion of people using another language has climbed 17 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 48.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While English is the most common language at 46.4%, other common languages include Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin and Tagalog. Around 5.4% of people speak little or no English, a rate slightly above the Australian average.
5.4% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 2565, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2565/2565-nsw/topic/language