60.4% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sydney - Parramatta · Region (SA4)
Language in Sydney - Parramatta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 60.4% of people in Sydney - Parramatta speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse regions in the country. The number of people using another language has risen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is only the main language for 32.4% of residents, while Arabic (10%), Mandarin (8.3%), Cantonese (4.7%), and Hindi (2.8%) are also common. This high diversity is reflected in the 12.1% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
12.1% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 - Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/125/sydney-parramatta/topic/language