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Gum Flat · Suburb / Locality

Language in Gum Flat

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is spoken by the vast majority of people in Gum Flat, with 82.8% using only this language at home. This is far below the national figure for people using other languages, making it a very linguistically uniform area.

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📍 Gum Flat, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 26.6%. While no one in the area speaks little or no English, a small number of people speak Mandarin.

People using another language at home

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2.9% ▲ +203.3%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Gum Flat, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 82.8% Mandarin 1.4%

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 Gum Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11802/gum-flat/topic/language