39.9% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pyrmont · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pyrmont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in Pyrmont speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places of its kind, with a wide mix of cultural backgrounds reflecting its inner-city location.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 39.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While 52.6% speak only English, the most common other languages are Mandarin at 6.9% and Cantonese at 4.3%, and 5.3% of people speak little or no English.
5.3% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Pyrmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13297/pyrmont/topic/language