Pitt Town · Suburb / Locality

Language in Pitt Town

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Far more people in Pitt Town use a language other than English at home compared to similar areas. Despite this, the vast majority of the population speaks only English, and the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national averages.

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📍 Pitt Town, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 92.2% of residents. While 5.5% use another language at home—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the national average of 22.3%. Only 0.4% of people speak little or no English.

5.5% ▲ +10.3%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 5.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▼ -3.6%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

Language used at home

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In Pitt Town, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Pitt Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13238/pitt-town/topic/language