48.9% —
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ashfield - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Ashfield - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Ashfield - North speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with 48.9% of people using another language daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 46.3% of the population, while Mandarin (10.4%) and Cantonese (4.1%) are the most common other languages. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 8.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
8.4% —
Higher than 90% 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 Ashfield - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/120031676/ashfield-north/topic/language