East Ryde · Suburb / Locality

Language in East Ryde

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More people in East Ryde have shifted toward using languages other than English at home since 2011. While English remains the dominant tongue for 74.3% of residents, the area is now much more linguistically diverse than most similar suburbs.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 23.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most areas. This includes Mandarin at 3.7% and Cantonese at 3.3%, though the proportion of people who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure at 2.1%.

23.2% ▲ +22.1%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.0%
  • 2016: 23.4%
  • 2021: 23.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

2.1% ▼ -14.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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 East Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11364/east-ryde/topic/language