23.7% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narraweena · Suburb / Locality
Language in Narraweena
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost one in four residents in Narraweena uses a language other than English at home. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, with a variety of languages spoken in daily life across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 71.9% of people speak only English, 23.7% use another language, with Italian being the most common at 5.6%. This diversity is matched by a high proportion of people who speak little or no English, at 3.9%.
3.9% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Narraweena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12919/narraweena/topic/language