2.7% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2847, NSW · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few people in postcode 2847 use a language other than English at home, making it much less linguistically diverse than most areas. Only 2.7% of residents speak a different language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.1% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6% for other languages. Similarly, those who speak little or no English make up just 0.2% of the area, well below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.7% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.2% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 65% 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 2847, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2847/2847-nsw/topic/language