33.7% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Peakhurst - Lugarno · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Peakhurst - Lugarno
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 33% of residents now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 6.2 points since 2011. This makes Peakhurst - Lugarno far more linguistically diverse than the national average. Most people still use English, but a variety of other languages are common in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 61.6% of people speak only English, 33.7% use another language at home, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This diversity is seen in the use of Mandarin (5.6%), Greek (5.5%), Arabic (5.0%) and Cantonese (4.2%), while 4.7% of residents speak little or no English.
4.7% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Peakhurst - Lugarno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119031372/peakhurst-lugarno/topic/language