3.7% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2588, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2588, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A steady 3.7% of people in postcode 2588 used a language other than English at home in 2021, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While only 3.7% of residents speak another language at home, the number of people who speak little or no English rose to 1.7% since 2016. English is the only language spoken by 89.0% of the population.
1.7% ▲ —
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 2588, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2588/2588-nsw/topic/language