30.6% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Sydney - Lavender Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in North Sydney - Lavender Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in North Sydney - Lavender Bay than in most similar areas. This figure rose nearly 8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 30.6%, making the area well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 63.3% of residents speak only English, Mandarin and Cantonese are the most common other languages. Only 2.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.6% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 North Sydney - Lavender Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121041417/north-sydney-lavender-bay/topic/language