26.6% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pakenham - South West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Pakenham - South West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language spoken in Pakenham - South West, where 68.7% of people use it exclusively at home. The area is more linguistically diverse than the national average, with over a quarter of the population speaking a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.6% of residents use another language at home, which is higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 22.3%. Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 5.6%, and 3.6% of people speak little or no English, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
3.6% —
Higher than 74% 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.
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 Pakenham - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212011552/pakenham-south-west/topic/language