24.1% ▲ +62.3%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Side · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in East Side
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A jump of 9.2 percentage points since 2011 means more people in East Side now speak a language other than English at home. This figure has reached 24.1%, which is a little above the national average and higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70.1% of residents speak only English, Punjabi, Mandarin and Tagalog are the next most common languages. Only 2.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
2.0% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 East Side [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011046/east-side/topic/language