53.7% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blacktown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Blacktown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Blacktown use a language other than English at home. This high level of diversity is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically varied areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken by 39.3% of people, while Punjabi is the next most common at 10.2%. Because so many people speak other languages, 7.7% of the population speaks little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
7.7% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10396/blacktown/topic/language