40.0% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darra - Sumner · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Darra - Sumner
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Forty per cent of people in Darra - Sumner use a language other than English at home, making it far more linguistically diverse than most of Australia. This variety shapes daily life, with a significant portion of the community speaking languages like Vietnamese to communicate with family and friends.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Vietnamese is the most common non-English language at 17.9%, while English only is spoken by 55.1%. This high diversity is reflected in the 9.7% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average, though both this and overall non-English use have fallen since recent censuses.
9.7% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Darra - Sumner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310011271/darra-sumner/topic/language