7.2% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Avondale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Avondale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken in 88.5% of homes in Avondale, making it a place where very few people use other languages. While this is far below the national figure, the area has a slightly higher proportion of non-English speakers than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.2% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average.
1.0% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Avondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10117/avondale/topic/language