15.1% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 60% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains · Region (SA4)
Language in Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 15.1% of people in Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains use a language other than English at home, which is around the middle for its level among similar areas. While this is well below the national figure, the proportion of people speaking other languages has risen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.4% of residents, and only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure. Other common languages spoken include Arabic at 1.3%, Punjabi at 1.0%, Tagalog at 0.9%, and Hindi at 0.8%.
1.7% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 55% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 West and Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/124/sydney-outer-west-and-blue-mountains/topic/language