2.5% ▲ +48.0%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2646, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2646, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in postcode 2646, where only 2.5% of residents use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 90.2% of the population, and only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%. While the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011, small numbers of people speak Mandarin, Tagalog, and Italian.
0.4% ▲ +60.5%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 2646, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2646/2646-nsw/topic/language