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Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby · Region (SA4)

Language in Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby

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

About 32% of people in Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most areas and has risen by 8.4 percentage points since 2011. The region is significantly more linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia.

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📍 Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby, Region (SA4)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common second language at 9.4%, followed by Cantonese at 4.5%. While 4.4% of residents speak little or no English, this figure is about the same as the New South Wales average.

People using another language at home

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32.0% ▲ +35.6%

Higher than 84% of region (sa4) areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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4.4% ▲ +0.1%

Higher than 83% of region (sa4) 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 Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby, English only is the majority at 79%; Mandarin is next at 11%.

English only 64.7% Mandarin 9.4% Cantonese 4.5% Hindi 1.2% Italian 0.6% Tagalog 0.5% Arabic 0.5% Vietnamese 0.4% Greek 0.4% Punjabi 0.3%

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 - North Sydney and Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/121/sydney-north-sydney-and-hornsby/topic/language