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Truganina - South West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Truganina - South West

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

English is the primary language for just over a quarter of people in Truganina - South West. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most of Australia, with 66.5% of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

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📍 Truganina - South West, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 11.7%, followed by Hindi at 5.2% and Arabic at 4.8%. This high diversity is reflected in the 6.9% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national level.

People who speak little or no English

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6.9% —

Higher than 87% 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 Truganina - South West, the largest group is English only at 48%, followed by Punjabi (22%) and Hindi (10%).

English only 25.7% Punjabi 11.7% Hindi 5.2% Arabic 4.8% Mandarin 2.2% Tagalog 1.7% Vietnamese 1.5% Cantonese 0.7% Greek 0.4% Italian 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 Truganina - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051588/truganina-south-west/topic/language