34.2% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Milsons Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Milsons Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 59% of people in Milsons Point, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than the national average. Over a third of residents use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most multilingual areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 34.2% of residents speak another language at home, which is far above the Australian figure of 22.3%. While Mandarin (8%) and Cantonese (7.8%) are common, only 4.1% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the state average.
4.1% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 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 Milsons Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12640/milsons-point/topic/language