19.2% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greenwich · Suburb / Locality
Language in Greenwich
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English at home in Greenwich than is typical for New South Wales. While 19.2% of residents use another language, this is well below the state and national figures. Most people here speak only English, making it less linguistically diverse than many other Australian areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.2% of residents, though Mandarin and Cantonese are the most common other tongues spoken. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.7% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Greenwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11776/greenwich/topic/language