20.3% ▲ +94.7%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2736, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2736, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five people in postcode 2736 use a language other than English at home, making it a linguistically diverse area. This reflects a significant shift over the last decade, as the number of people speaking other languages nearly doubled from 10.4% in 2011 to 20.3% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 67.3% of residents, there is a notable presence of Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian and Tagalog speakers. This diversity is reflected in the 8.1% who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average and rose sharply since 2016.
8.1% ▲ +409.9%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 2736, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2736/2736-nsw/topic/language