26.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Redfern · Suburb / Locality
Language in Redfern
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a key part of daily life in Redfern, where over a quarter of the population speaks a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure, making the area one of the most linguistically diverse of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.7% of people use another language at home, which is among the highest for similar areas. While English is used by 65% of residents, others include Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek and Arabic. This diversity is reflected in the 5.3% who speak little or no English, a figure a little above the Australian average.
5.3% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 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 Redfern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13352/redfern/topic/language