46.2% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.5%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Earlwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Earlwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Earlwood use a language other than English at home, placing the area among the most linguistically diverse of its kind. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, with a strong presence of Greek and Arabic speakers in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.2% of people speak another language at home, which is far above the New South Wales average of 26.6%. This high diversity is reflected in the 8.2% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the Australian average of 3.4%.
8.2% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Earlwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11346/earlwood/topic/language