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Eastwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Eastwood

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

A massive 66.1% of people in Eastwood use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This diversity is a defining feature of the area, where more than two-thirds of residents speak a second language.

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📍 Eastwood, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 30.1% of residents, while Mandarin (28.3%) and Cantonese (14.5%) are also common. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 17.0% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

People who speak little or no English

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17.0% —

Higher than 99% 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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Eastwood splits fairly evenly between English only (39%) and Mandarin (37%), with Cantonese at 19%.

English only 30.1% Mandarin 28.3% Cantonese 14.5% Vietnamese 0.9% Arabic 0.7% Italian 0.7% Tagalog 0.7% Hindi 0.6% Punjabi 0.4% Greek 0.3%

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 Eastwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/126021723/eastwood/topic/language