7.0% —
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Young · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Young
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in Young, with the share rising from 4.1% in 2016 to 7.0% in 2021. Despite this growth, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, as nearly 87% of residents speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.0% of people use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Most of these residents speak Arabic, while only 1.2% of the population—slightly below the national figure—speak little or no English.
1.2% ▲ +115.2%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Young [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061543/young/topic/language