38.1% ▲ +38.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Panania · Suburb / Locality
Language in Panania
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Panania is among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, with 38.1% of residents speaking a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is still the most common language, the area has a significant variety of spoken tongues.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 38.1% of people use another language at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This diversity is reflected in the 6.1% who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the national average. The most common languages after English are Arabic at 8.0% and Vietnamese at 4.8%.
6.1% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Panania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13155/panania/topic/language