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Language in Smithfield

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

Among the highest for its area type, Smithfield is a linguistically diverse hub where 62% of people speak a language other than English at home. This high level of diversity is mirrored in the fact that nearly one in five residents speaks little or no English.

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📍 Smithfield, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Arabic is the most common non-English language spoken here at 15.3%, followed by Vietnamese at 9.6%. The 62% of people using another language at home is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6% and the national figure of 22.3%.

People using another language at home

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62.0% ▲ +13.2%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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19.8% ▲ +28.6%

Higher than 99% 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.

Language used at home

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In Smithfield, the largest group is English only at 50%, followed by Arabic (24%) and Vietnamese (15%).

English only 31.2% Arabic 15.3% Vietnamese 9.6% Italian 2.9% Mandarin 1.1% Cantonese 1.0% Hindi 0.6% Greek 0.5% Tagalog 0.3% Punjabi 0.0%

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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13575/smithfield/topic/language