37.8% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dharruk · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dharruk
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A significant rise in linguistic diversity has seen more residents speaking a non-English language at home in Dharruk. Now, nearly 38% of the population uses a language other than English, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 54.5% of people, while Arabic (7.9%) and Hindi (3.2%) are the most common other languages. Reflecting this diversity, 6.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
6.3% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Dharruk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11250/dharruk/topic/language