40.5% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2566, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2566, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the highest for its area type, 40.5% of people in postcode 2566 speak a language other than English at home. This mix of languages has grown quickly over the last decade, making it far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 53.4% of residents speak only English, Arabic is the most common other language at 5.1%, followed by Hindi and Tagalog. About 4.6% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure.
4.6% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 2566, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2566/2566-nsw/topic/language