39.1% ▲ +264.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barangaroo · Suburb / Locality
Language in Barangaroo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A shift towards greater linguistic diversity has seen Barangaroo become a place where nearly 40% of residents now speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, reflecting a highly international population in this small precinct.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 39.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While English is the most common language at 44.1%, Mandarin (10.5%) and Cantonese (6.4%) are also widely spoken, though 4.1% of residents speak little or no English.
4.1% ▼ -44.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Barangaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10192/barangaroo/topic/language