36.2% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pennant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pennant Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a third of people in Pennant Hills use a language other than English at home, making it far more linguistically diverse than most of Australia. This mix of cultures is seen in daily life, with 36.2% of residents speaking another language, a figure well above the state average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin (9.3%) and Cantonese (5.8%) are the most common non-English languages. About 5.4% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas.
5.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Pennant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13194/pennant-hills/topic/language