29.1% ▲ +54.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Old Toongabbie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Old Toongabbie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Old Toongabbie than in most similar areas. About 29.1% of residents speak a different language, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This variety is seen in the community's use of Arabic, Mandarin, and Hindi alongside English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66.8% of people speak only English, 29.1% use another language at home, a figure a little above the New South Wales average. Despite this diversity, the 3.8% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure.
3.8% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Toongabbie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13092/old-toongabbie/topic/language