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Eglinton · Suburb / Locality

Language in Eglinton

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

English is the dominant tongue in Eglinton, where 92.5% of people speak only this language at home. Very few residents use a different language, making the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Eglinton, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.2% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. While 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas, this remains well below the state figure.

People using another language at home

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4.2% ▲ +217.3%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▲ +224.6%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Eglinton, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 92.5% Mandarin 0.2% Hindi 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Italian 0.1%

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 Eglinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11389/eglinton/topic/language