19.2% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stanmore · Suburb / Locality
Language in Stanmore
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A changing mix of voices defines Stanmore, where 19.2% of people now speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 76.7% of residents, followed by smaller groups speaking Greek, Italian, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. About 2.7% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.7% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Stanmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13665/stanmore/topic/language