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Thorneside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Thorneside

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

About 90% of people in Thorneside speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, though the proportion of people using another language has risen slightly since 2011.

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📍 Thorneside, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 6.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Consistent with this, very few people—just 0.4%—speak little or no English, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.

People using another language at home

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6.5% ▲ +15.4%

Lower than 69% 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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0.4% ▼ -43.4%

Lower than 83% 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 Thorneside, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 90.1% Mandarin 0.6% Greek 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Italian 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Thorneside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301011005/thorneside/topic/language