53.0% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Liverpool · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Liverpool
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all people in Liverpool speak a language other than English at home, placing it among the most linguistically diverse areas of this type. This multicultural profile is reflected in the 53.0% of residents who use a non-English language, a figure that has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Arabic is the most common second language at 14.0%, followed by Vietnamese, Hindi and Greek. This diversity is linked to the 9.5% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
9.5% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Liverpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12703/liverpool/topic/language