60.0% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kogarah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Kogarah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 60% of people in Kogarah speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region, though the proportion of people using other languages has fallen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 32.3% of residents, while other common languages include Mandarin (7.9%), Greek (5.6%), Cantonese (4.8%), and Hindi (2.4%). Around 8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average.
8.0% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119041378/kogarah/topic/language