45.8% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pemulwuy · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pemulwuy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Pemulwuy use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This wide variety of native tongues reflects a multicultural community where 45.8% of people speak a different language daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, and Tagalog are common, English is still the only language spoken in 48.8% of homes. Despite the high number of other languages, only 3.7% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
3.7% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Pemulwuy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13192/pemulwuy/topic/language