64.3% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Old Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Old Guildford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 64.3% of people in Old Guildford speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. The community is shaped by a strong presence of Arabic speakers and a significant number of people who speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Arabic is the most common language spoken at home at 40.8%, while only 25.1% of residents speak English only. This high diversity is reflected in the 14.1% of people who speak little or no English, which is far above the 3.4% national figure.
14.1% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Old Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13088/old-guildford/topic/language