16.5% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pitt Town Bottoms · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pitt Town Bottoms
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A striking 11.8% of people in Pitt Town Bottoms speak little or no English, which is among the highest figures for areas of this type. While most residents use English, there is a significant presence of other languages spoken in the home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. Cantonese is the most common non-English language, spoken by 16.5% of the population.
11.8% ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Pitt Town Bottoms [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13239/pitt-town-bottoms/topic/language