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Merrylands - Guildford · Sub-region (SA3)

Language in Merrylands - Guildford

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

Nearly 60% of people in Merrylands - Guildford use a language other than English at home, one of the highest proportions for any similar area. This makes the region far more linguistically diverse than the rest of New South Wales. The trend is growing, as the share of people using another language rose by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Merrylands - Guildford, Sub-region (SA3)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Arabic is the most common non-English language at 21%, followed by Vietnamese at 4.4% and Mandarin at 4%. About 12.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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59.2% ▲ +5.7%

Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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12.5% ▼ -0.6%

Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Merrylands - Guildford, the largest group is English only at 46%, followed by Arabic (31%) and Vietnamese (7%).

English only 31.6% Arabic 21.0% Vietnamese 4.4% Mandarin 4.0% Cantonese 2.7% Hindi 1.2% Tagalog 0.9% Greek 0.8% Italian 0.8% Punjabi 0.6%

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 Merrylands - Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12503/merrylands-guildford/topic/language