32.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Five Dock · Suburb / Locality
Language in Five Dock
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 64.1% of people in Five Dock, though it is a diverse area where many residents speak other tongues. Over a third of the population uses a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 32.3% of residents speak another language at home, a rate well above the New South Wales average. This is reflected in the variety of languages spoken, with Italian being the most common at 10.5%, followed by Mandarin at 4.0%. Around 4.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure.
4.7% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Five Dock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11533/five-dock/topic/language