7.9% —
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Thornton - Millers Forest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Thornton - Millers Forest
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Thornton - Millers Forest than in most similar areas. Only 7.9% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.5% of residents, and the 1.1% who speak little or no English is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%. Among the few other languages spoken, Punjabi and Mandarin are the most common.
1.1% —
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
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 Thornton - Millers Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106021618/thornton-millers-forest/topic/language