14.6% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Turramurra · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Turramurra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 81.9% of people in North Turramurra. While this is the vast majority, the area has a higher rate of residents speaking other languages at home than most similar places. Only 14.6% of the population uses a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English remains the dominant tongue, though 4.6% of people speak Mandarin and 1.7% speak Cantonese. Just 2.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas but still a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.0% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Turramurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13023/north-turramurra/topic/language