38.8% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Peakhurst · Suburb / Locality
Language in Peakhurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 55.0% of people in Peakhurst, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than most of the country. About 38.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home is among the highest for similar areas. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 6.0% who speak little or no English, a figure a little above the New South Wales and Australian averages. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Mandarin (6.8%), Arabic (5.9%), Cantonese (5.8%) and Greek (5.1%).
6.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Peakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13179/peakhurst/topic/language