57.7% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Meadowbank · Suburb / Locality
Language in Meadowbank
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap in language diversity marks Meadowbank, where 57.7% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 13.2%, followed by Cantonese at 6.4%. Reflecting this diversity, 8.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the 3.4% seen across Australia.
8.8% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Meadowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12560/meadowbank/topic/language