53.1% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Marsfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Marsfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 42.8% of Marsfield residents, but the area is notably multilingual. Over half the population speaks another language at home, a figure far above the national average. This linguistic diversity makes it one of the most multilingual areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 53.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin (15.9%) and Cantonese (9.6%), while 7.9% of residents speak little or no English.
7.9% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Marsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12516/marsfield/topic/language