8.4% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Argenton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Argenton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A higher proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Argenton compared to most similar areas. While 8.4% of residents speak another language, this is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (87.4%), with small numbers speaking Greek, Mandarin, or Tagalog. However, the 2.2% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.2% ▲ +36.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Argenton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10079/argenton/topic/language