54.0% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Guildford West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Guildford West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Guildford West now speak a language other than English at home. This reflects a diverse community where 54% of people use another language, a figure far above the national average. Arabic is the most common non-English language spoken in the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Arabic is spoken by 28.8% of the community, while English-only speakers make up 37.1%. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 9.6% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the Australian figure of 3.4%.
9.6% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Guildford West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11797/guildford-west/topic/language