30.9% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Putney · Suburb / Locality
Language in Putney
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 66.4% of Putney residents. The area is more linguistically diverse than most, with nearly a third of people speaking a language other than English at home. This reflects a multicultural community where diverse languages are common.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30.9% of people use another language at home, which is well above the Australian figure of 22.3%. While Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, and Italian are common, only 3.9% of residents speak little or no English, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
3.9% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Putney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13290/putney/topic/language