29.8% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Normanhurst · Suburb / Locality
Language in Normanhurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 30% of residents in Normanhurst use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse of its kind. While many people speak other languages, very few struggle with English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29.8% of people use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common at 8.3%. Despite this diversity, only 3.7% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.7% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Normanhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12986/normanhurst/topic/language