21.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Drummoyne · Suburb / Locality
Language in Drummoyne
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Drummoyne now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. While 21.7% of residents use another language, this is about the same as the national figure. English remains the dominant tongue, though the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21.7% of people use a language other than English at home, with Italian (3.2%) and Greek (3.0%) being the most common non-English tongues. This diversity is higher than in most similar areas, and 2.6% of residents speak little or no English.
2.6% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Drummoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11296/drummoyne/topic/language