20.3% —
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Malabar - La Perouse · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Malabar - La Perouse
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Malabar - La Perouse than in the wider state. While 20.3% of residents speak another language at home, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Most residents here use English as their only language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 64.8% of people speak only English, and only 2% speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%. Among those using other languages, Mandarin is the most common at 2.4%, followed by Greek at 2.1%.
2.0% —
Higher than 60% 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 Malabar - La Perouse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118021652/malabar-la-perouse/topic/language