18.4% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Harrington Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Harrington Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in Harrington Park speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%, it shows a diverse mix of residents in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.8% of residents, though Arabic (2.3%) and Italian (1.5%) are the most common other tongues. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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 Harrington Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11866/harrington-park/topic/language