2.8% ▲ +50.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Aberdare · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 94% of people in Aberdare, making it a linguistically uniform area. Only 2.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
While the percentage of people using other languages is far below the NSW average, 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken include Italian, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.
2.8% ▲ +50.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▲ +167.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Aberdare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10006/aberdare/topic/language