20.7% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darlinghurst · Suburb / Locality
Language in Darlinghurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A little over one in five people in Darlinghurst speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 71.8% of residents, though Mandarin and Italian are the next most common. Only 1.9% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but lower than the New South Wales average.
1.9% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Darlinghurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11213/darlinghurst/topic/language