17.5% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Potts Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Potts Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Potts Point is shaped by a mix of local and international voices, as 17.5% of people speak another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it is still well below the national figure. Most residents use English, making it the dominant language of the neighborhood.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 70.3% of residents. While 17.5% of people use another language—which is much higher than in most similar areas—this remains well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the Australian average of 3.4%.
1.1% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Potts Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13268/potts-point/topic/language