45.2% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Austral - Greendale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Austral - Greendale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 45% of people in Austral - Greendale use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a diverse community where almost half the population speaks another language, a trend that has grown steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose 9.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 45.2%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While English is most common at 46.3%, Arabic is spoken by 9.0% of residents; meanwhile, 6.9% speak little or no English, which is well above the Australian average.
6.9% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Austral - Greendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127011505/austral-greendale/topic/language