25.4% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sydney - Outer South West · Region (SA4)
Language in Sydney - Outer South West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A 7.1 percentage point rise in the use of other languages since 2011 marks a clear shift in Sydney - Outer South West. Now, 25.4% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the region much more linguistically diverse than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 69.3% of residents, Arabic, Hindi, Tagalog, and Mandarin are also common. About 3.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the Australian average.
3.0% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Sydney - Outer South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/123/sydney-outer-south-west/topic/language