Ilarwill · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ilarwill

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

A huge gap exists between Ilarwill and the rest of the country, with only 3.4% of people using a language other than English at home. English is the dominant tongue here, leaving the area far less linguistically diverse than the New South Wales or national average.

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📍 Ilarwill, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 92.7% of residents, while Mandarin is the only other language recorded at 2.1%. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

3.4% ▲ +21.9%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 3.4%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Ilarwill, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

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 Ilarwill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11978/ilarwill/topic/language