52.0% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.7%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Enfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Enfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of people in Enfield use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This diversity is reflected in a wide range of spoken languages, with 52% of residents speaking a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 43% of residents, but Mandarin (10.4%), Arabic (6%), and Cantonese (5.8%) are also common. This contributes to a high proportion of people who speak little or no English, at 10.4%, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
10.4% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11424/enfield/topic/language