49.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ashfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ashfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Ashfield use a language other than English at home, a rate among the highest for similar areas. This linguistic diversity is a standout feature of the suburb, where 49.4% of people speak a language besides English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 46.0% of residents, while Mandarin (12.5%) and Cantonese (5.3%) are common. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 10.0% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
10.0% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10099/ashfield/topic/language