54.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Arncliffe · Suburb / Locality
Language in Arncliffe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of all residents in Arncliffe speak a language other than English at home. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, with a far higher proportion of non-English speakers than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Arabic is the most common second language at 14.6%, followed by Mandarin at 6.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 9.6% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average of 3.4%.
9.6% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Arncliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10087/arncliffe/topic/language