46.1% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Padstow · Suburb / Locality
Language in Padstow
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the people in Padstow 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 in its group, with a high proportion of residents who speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While 49.2% speak only English, others commonly use Arabic (7.8%), Cantonese (7.0%), Mandarin (6.5%) or Vietnamese (5.5%), and 8.9% of the population speak little or no English.
8.9% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Padstow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13131/padstow/topic/language