33.4% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sandringham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sandringham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a third of people in Sandringham use a language other than English at home. This level of diversity is far above the national figure and is among the highest for similar areas. It creates a multilingual community where Greek and Arabic are common sounds alongside English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 33.4% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While English is only spoken by 60.5% of the area, Greek is the most common second language at 13.6%, followed by Arabic at 5%.
4.3% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Sandringham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13493/sandringham/topic/language