25.3% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Padstow Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Padstow Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a quarter of people in Padstow Heights use a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. This variety shapes the local daily life, with 25.3% of residents speaking a different language in their households.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 71.1% of residents, but Greek (5.0%) and Arabic (4.8%) are also common. While 25.3% speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure, only 2.8% speak little or no English.
2.8% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Padstow Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13132/padstow-heights/topic/language