50.4% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blacktown - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Blacktown - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all households in Blacktown - West use a language other than English at home. This makes it a highly diverse area where 50.4% of people speak a different language, a figure that has risen since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the most common language at 43%, Punjabi (7.4%), Arabic (4.7%), Hindi (4.1%), and Tagalog (3.7%) are also widely spoken. This diversity is reflected in the 7.5% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
7.5% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Blacktown - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116011561/blacktown-west/topic/language