12.1% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Paddington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Paddington, though it is more diverse than most similar areas. While about 12% of people use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 83.2% of residents, with Greek and Italian each used by 1% of the population. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.8% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13126/paddington/topic/language