58.6% —
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Marsden Park - Shanes Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Marsden Park - Shanes Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingual households are a defining feature of Marsden Park - Shanes Park, where more than half the population speaks a language other than English. This diversity is far more striking here than in the rest of New South Wales, with 58.6% of people using another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 36.9% of residents, while Punjabi (8.7%), Hindi (5.6%), and Tagalog (5.6%) are the next most common languages. This high level of linguistic diversity is reflected in the 4.9% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
4.9% —
Higher than 81% 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 Marsden Park - Shanes Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021629/marsden-park-shanes-park/topic/language