48.4% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rooty Hill - Minchinbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Rooty Hill - Minchinbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Rooty Hill - Minchinbury use a language other than English at home, a rate much higher than most similar areas. This linguistic diversity has grown over the last decade, with 48.4% of people now speaking a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 44.8% of the community, other common languages include Tagalog (8.3%), Arabic (3.8%), and Hindi (3.4%). A little more than the national figure, 5.7% of people here speak little or no English.
5.7% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Rooty Hill - Minchinbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116031319/rooty-hill-minchinbury/topic/language