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St Johns Park - Wakeley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in St Johns Park - Wakeley

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

A massive 74.4% of people in St Johns Park - Wakeley use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in its class, though the proportion of non-English speakers has fallen slightly since 2011.

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📍 St Johns Park - Wakeley, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese is the most common language at 21.2%, while 21.0% of residents speak only English. This diversity is reflected in the 22.0% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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74.4% ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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22.0% ▲ +4.6%

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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St Johns Park - Wakeley splits fairly evenly between Vietnamese (36%) and English only (36%), with Arabic at 10%.

Vietnamese 21.2% English only 21.0% Arabic 5.8% Cantonese 4.6% Mandarin 2.4% Italian 1.9% Tagalog 0.8% Greek 0.5% Hindi 0.3% Punjabi 0.0%

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 St Johns Park - Wakeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127021520/st-johns-park-wakeley/topic/language