14.4% ▲ +51.2%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sherwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Sherwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people speak a language other than English in Sherwood, where the share rose by 4.9 percentage points since 2011. While 14.4% of residents now use another language at home, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 82.8% of residents, with Mandarin and Vietnamese being the most common other options. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits a little below the national average.
1.5% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304031095/sherwood/topic/language