46.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Parramatta · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Parramatta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in North Parramatta speak a language other than English at home. This level of linguistic diversity is far above the national figure and is among the highest for similar areas. It marks the area as a significant multicultural hub within Greater Sydney.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.4% of people use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% national average. While English is the most common at 46.9%, other frequent languages include Arabic (5.9%), Mandarin (5.4%) and Hindi (3.5%). This diversity is reflected in the 7.2% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the Australian average of 3.4%.
7.2% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 North Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13011/north-parramatta/topic/language