25.6% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Surry Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Surry Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 66.8% of people in Surry Hills. This is a linguistically diverse area where over a quarter of residents speak a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.6% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas and barely changed since 2011. While 4.3% speak little or no English—much higher than most areas—this figure has fallen since 2016.
4.3% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Surry Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031336/surry-hills/topic/language