Ashford · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ashford

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Ashford, where 89.1% of people speak only this language at home. Very few residents use other languages, making it far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

2.6% ▲ +75.4%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Ashford, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Ashford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10100/ashford/topic/language