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Kings Meadows - Punchbowl · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Kings Meadows - Punchbowl

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

A growing number of residents now speak a language other than English in Kings Meadows - Punchbowl, with this figure rising 4.8 percentage points since 2011. While 9.2% of people use another language at home, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Kings Meadows - Punchbowl, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 87.2% of residents, which is far below the Australian average of 22.3% for non-English speakers. Other languages spoken include Mandarin, Punjabi, Hindi and Vietnamese, though only 1.3% of people speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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9.2% ▲ +110.4%

Lower than 59% 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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1.3% ▲ +8.1%

Lower than 52% 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 Kings Meadows - Punchbowl, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 87.2% Mandarin 1.2% Punjabi 1.0% Hindi 0.3% Vietnamese 0.3% Italian 0.3% Cantonese 0.2% Greek 0.2% 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 Kings Meadows - Punchbowl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011037/kings-meadows-punchbowl/topic/language