7.0% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Richmond
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in North Richmond, where only 7% of residents use another language at home. This is much lower than the national figure, reflecting a community that is far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 89% of people speak only English, the 7% who use other languages at home is higher than in most similar areas. This includes small numbers of Punjabi, Italian, and Cantonese speakers, though the 0.7% who speak little or no English is well below the New South Wales average.
0.7% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 North Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13012/north-richmond/topic/language