40.1% —
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northgate - Northfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Northgate - Northfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of residents in Northgate - Northfield speak only English at home, but the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. About 40.1% of people use another language, a figure far above the national average of 22.3%. This creates a community where a wide variety of languages are heard daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common second language at 5.9%, followed by Punjabi, Cantonese, and Vietnamese. This high diversity is reflected in the 5.4% of people who speak little or no English, which is a little above the 3.4% national figure.
5.4% —
Higher than 84% 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 Northgate - Northfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402031175/northgate-northfield/topic/language