28.3% ▲ +188.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Riverstone · Suburb / Locality
Language in Riverstone
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 28% of people in Riverstone speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at its level, with a wide range of global languages spoken across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 66.1% of residents, followed by Punjabi, Hindi, Tagalog, and Mandarin. While 3.1% of people speak little or no English, this is much higher than most similar areas.
3.1% ▲ +75.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Riverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13383/riverstone/topic/language