46.5% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 94% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sydney - Blacktown · Region (SA4)
Language in Sydney - Blacktown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all people in Sydney - Blacktown speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This diversity has grown significantly, with the proportion of people using other languages rising by 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is spoken by 47.3%, other common languages include Punjabi (5.2%), Hindi (4.4%), Tagalog (3.8%) and Arabic (2.9%), and 5.3% of the population speak little or no English.
5.3% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Sydney - Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/116/sydney-blacktown/topic/language