15.2% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fernhill · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fernhill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 15% of people in Fernhill speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well below the national figure, the area shows a diverse mix of residents. The most common languages spoken here besides English include Italian, Vietnamese, and Greek.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 15.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Meanwhile, 2.7% of people speak little or no English, a rate that is about the same as the national figure.
2.7% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Fernhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11510/fernhill/topic/language