30.7% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Language in St Marys
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 59.0% of people in St Marys, but it is a highly multilingual area. About 30.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 30.7% of people speak a language other than English at home, a figure that is well above the New South Wales and Australian averages. While Arabic, Tagalog, Hindi and Punjabi are the most common non-English languages, the 3.9% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.9% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13658/st-marys/topic/language