22.7% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ambarvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ambarvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A similar share of people speak a language other than English in Ambarvale as across Australia, at 22.7%. This reflects a community where nearly one in four residents uses another language at home, though this is well below the New South Wales figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 69.2% of residents, while Arabic (3.5%) and Tagalog (1.5%) are the most common other tongues. About 3.3% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.3% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Ambarvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10049/ambarvale/topic/language