48.7% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Revesby · Suburb / Locality
Language in Revesby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Revesby use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. The high number of non-English speakers is reflected in the fact that 9.5% of people here speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the most common language, spoken by 45.9% of people, but Arabic is the next most frequent at 11.6%. Other common languages include Vietnamese at 6.9%, Mandarin at 5.4%, and Cantonese at 4.0%.
9.5% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Revesby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13369/revesby/topic/language