7.6% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fountaindale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fountaindale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.2% of residents in Fountaindale. While more people here speak a second language than in most similar areas, the overall proportion is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure. Only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, a result that is well below the Australian average.
0.4% ▼ -42.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Fountaindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11557/fountaindale/topic/language