11.5% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Penrith · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Penrith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in South Penrith speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 11.5% of residents use another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.5% of the area. Those who speak little or no English make up 1.3% of the population, which is much higher than in similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
1.3% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 South Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13612/south-penrith/topic/language