55.4% ▲ +196.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Schofields · Suburb / Locality
Language in Schofields
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the population in Schofields now speaks a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, creating a diverse community where 55.4% of residents use a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 40.3% of people, while Hindi (8.1%) and Punjabi (5.3%) are the most common other tongues. About 4.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the Australian figure.
4.7% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Schofields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13517/schofields/topic/language