45.6% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Ryde
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a daily reality in North Ryde, where nearly half the population speaks a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 45.6% of people use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. While English is the most common at 49.1%, Mandarin (11.4%) and Cantonese (5.9%) are also widely spoken, and 6.2% of residents speak little or no English.
6.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13015/north-ryde/topic/language