19.2% —
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greenwich - Riverview · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Greenwich - Riverview
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Greenwich - Riverview, though the share of people using other languages at home has risen since 2011. While 19.2% of residents now speak a language other than English, this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (77.9%), with Mandarin (4.1%) and Cantonese (2.5%) as the most common other languages. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 1.7% speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.7% —
Higher than 57% 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 Greenwich - Riverview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121011685/greenwich-riverview/topic/language