23.4% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Miranda · Suburb / Locality
Language in Miranda
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Miranda involves a diverse mix of speech, with more than one in five residents using a language other than English at home. This is much higher than in most similar areas, creating a multilingual environment where English is spoken by 72% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.4% of people speak another language at home, which is a little above the national figure. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it is well below the New South Wales average. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.6%, and 3.4% of residents speak little or no English.
3.4% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Miranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12656/miranda/topic/language