8.7% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ashtonfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ashtonfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.5% of people in Ashtonfield. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 8.7% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but far below the New South Wales and national figures. This is reflected in the small numbers of people speaking Cantonese, Arabic, Hindi, and Tagalog, while only 1.2% speak little or no English.
1.2% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Ashtonfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10103/ashtonfield/topic/language