30.5% ▲ +44.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Leumeah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Leumeah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 31% of people in Leumeah use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places in the region. While many speak other languages, very few of these residents struggle with English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 30.5% of the population speaks a language other than English at home, a figure well above the New South Wales average. English is spoken by 62.9%, followed by Arabic, Tagalog, Hindi and Punjabi, yet only 4.1% of people say they speak little or no English.
4.1% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Leumeah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12317/leumeah/topic/language