24.6% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Peakhurst Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Peakhurst Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Peakhurst Heights have started speaking a language other than English at home since 2011. While English remains the main language for 71.9% of residents, about a quarter of the community now uses another tongue daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Roughly 24.6% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes 5.7% who speak Greek, 4.0% Arabic, and 3.5% Mandarin, though only 2.6% of residents speak little or no English.
2.6% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13180/peakhurst-heights/topic/language