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Parramatta - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Parramatta - North

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Nearly three quarters of people in Parramatta - North use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most of Australia, with a very high proportion of residents speaking languages from across the globe.

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📍 Parramatta - North, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by only 19.7% of the population, while Hindi (12.9%) and Mandarin (9.3%) are common. This diversity is reflected in the 7.7% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.

People who speak little or no English

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7.7% —

Higher than 89% 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.

Language used at home

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In Parramatta - North, the largest group is English only at 39%, followed by Hindi (25%) and Mandarin (18%).

English only 19.7% Hindi 12.9% Mandarin 9.3% Cantonese 3.3% Arabic 1.8% Punjabi 1.7% Tagalog 1.0% Vietnamese 0.9% Italian 0.2% Greek 0.2%

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 Parramatta - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125041717/parramatta-north/topic/language