66.6% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 67.8%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Holroyd · Suburb / Locality
Language in Holroyd
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Two-thirds of residents in Holroyd speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This high level of linguistic diversity is a defining feature of the area, with 66.6% of people using a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by only 26.5% of the population, while other common languages include Arabic (8.4%), Mandarin (5.1%), and Hindi (3.8%). This diversity is reflected in the 9.5% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
9.5% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Holroyd [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11932/holroyd/topic/language