11.2% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
La Perouse · Suburb / Locality
Language in La Perouse
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much lower share of people speak a language other than English in La Perouse compared to the state and national figures. While 11.2% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the 26.6% seen across New South Wales.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.9% of the area, with Greek and Mandarin being the next most common. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
1.4% ▲ +36.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 La Perouse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12238/la-perouse/topic/language