32.8% ▲ +54.2%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pymble · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Pymble
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A 12 point jump in the use of other languages since 2011 has made Pymble far more linguistically diverse than the national average. Now, 32.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 64.8% of residents, but Mandarin (12.7%) and Cantonese (5.3%) are common. While 32.8% of people use another language at home, only 4.1% speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
4.1% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Pymble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121031409/pymble/topic/language