24.9% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Botany · Suburb / Locality
Language in Botany
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A higher share of people speak a language other than English in Botany than in most similar areas. While nearly 25% of residents use another language at home, this is slightly below the New South Wales figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3%, followed by Greek and Cantonese. About 2.8% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
2.8% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Botany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10515/botany/topic/language