19.4% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Petersham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Petersham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in Petersham use a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While this is below the state and national figures, it reflects a multicultural community where English is the primary tongue for 75.1% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.4% of people use another language at home, with Greek, Italian, and Mandarin being the most common after English. A small group of residents, 2.9%, speak little or no English, which is a much higher proportion than in most other similar areas.
2.9% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Petersham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13202/petersham/topic/language