4.8% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Russell Vale · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 91.7% of people in Russell Vale. While more residents here speak a language other than English than in most similar areas, the total is still far below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.8% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. Only 0.5% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average.
4.8% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Russell Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13463/russell-vale/topic/language