5.6% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2572, NSW · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in postcode 2572, where 87.6% of people speak only English at home. Very few residents require translation services, and the proportion of people using a language other than English has fallen over the last decade.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.6% of people use another language at home, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. This helps explain why very few people—just 0.7%—speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure.
5.6% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.7% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 2572, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2572/2572-nsw/topic/language