2.9% ▲ +35.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blacksmiths · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Blacksmiths compared to the rest of the country. Only 2.9% of residents use another language at home, making the area much less linguistically diverse than both New South Wales and Australia.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 92.5% of the community. While only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than in most similar areas.
2.9% ▲ +35.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 64% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Blacksmiths [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10395/blacksmiths/topic/language