45.7% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.7%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Abbotsbury · Suburb / Locality
Language in Abbotsbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 50.4% of people in Abbotsbury, though nearly half the population speaks another tongue. This creates a linguistic profile that is far more diverse than the typical New South Wales or Australian suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 46% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national level. This high diversity is reflected in the use of Italian, Arabic, and Vietnamese, while 6% of people speak little or no English.
6.0% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Abbotsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10002/abbotsbury/topic/language