Sackville North · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sackville North

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Around the middle of similar areas for linguistic variety, Sackville North is a place where almost everyone speaks English. Only 2.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Sackville North, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant language for 94.3% of the population. While 0.0% of people speak little or no English—a figure well below the New South Wales average—the area's small non-English speaking group is primarily Cantonese speakers.

2.8% ▲ +48.0%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Sackville North, English only is the majority at 99%; Cantonese is next at 1%.

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 Sackville North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13474/sackville-north/topic/language