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Language in Bankstown

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

Bankstown is among the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, with 73.6% of people speaking a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, reflecting a community where English is the primary language for fewer than one in five residents.

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📍 Bankstown, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese and Arabic are the most common languages spoken at home, at 20.3% and 19.3% respectively. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 18.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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73.6% ▼ -0.7%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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18.7% ▲ +1.6%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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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Bankstown splits fairly evenly between Vietnamese (29%) and Arabic (28%), with English only at 26%.

Vietnamese 20.3% Arabic 19.3% English only 18.0% Mandarin 4.7% Cantonese 2.9% Greek 2.3% Hindi 0.7% Tagalog 0.7% Italian 0.6% Punjabi 0.2%

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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10181/bankstown/topic/language