47.9% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Leppington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Leppington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Leppington speak a language other than English at home, a rate far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, with 47.9% of people using another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is only spoken by 48.1% of the population, while Arabic (5.1%), Hindi (3.4%), and Vietnamese (2.0%) are also common. This diversity is reflected in the 5.8% of people who speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.8% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Leppington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12314/leppington/topic/language