15.0% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Seaforth · Suburb / Locality
Language in Seaforth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Seaforth than in most similar areas. While 15% of residents use another language at home, this figure remains well below the national average of 22.3%. English is the dominant language spoken by 81.9% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15% of people use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common alternative at 2.9%. Despite being higher than similar areas, only 1.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
1.5% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Seaforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13524/seaforth/topic/language