24.4% ▲ +67.8%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2747, NSW · Postcode
Language in 2747, NSW
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in four people in postcode 2747 use a language other than English at home. This shift is significant, with the proportion of residents speaking another language rising by 9.9 percentage points since 2011. It is now a much more linguistically diverse area than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 69.8% speak only English, 24.4% use another language at home, which is a little above the national figure. Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 2.8%, though only 2.6% of residents speak little or no English.
2.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 2747, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2747/2747-nsw/topic/language