8.7% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Adamstown Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Adamstown Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Adamstown Heights than in most similar areas. While 8.7% of residents use another language at home, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.4% of the area, with small numbers of Greek, Italian, Mandarin and Cantonese speakers. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
1.2% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Adamstown Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10017/adamstown-heights/topic/language