24.3% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bondi · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bondi
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Bondi compared to most similar areas. While 24.3% of residents use another language at home, the area remains accessible, with very few people struggling to speak English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About one in four people use a language other than English at home, which is a little above the national figure. Most residents speak only English (69.2%), while the most common other languages are Italian, Mandarin and Greek. Only 2.0% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.0% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Bondi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10462/bondi/topic/language