13.1% ▲ —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Purfleet · Suburb / Locality
Language in Purfleet
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much smaller proportion of people in Purfleet use a language other than English at home compared to the national figure. While 13.1% of residents speak another language, this is well below the Australian average of 22.3%. The area is sparsely populated and mostly English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken by 71.0% of residents. Although 13.1% of people use another language at home—which is much higher than in most similar areas—this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Despite this, no one in the area speaks little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Purfleet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13288/purfleet/topic/language