56.2% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.5%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Strathfield South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Strathfield South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 56.2% of people in Strathfield South speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a highly diverse community where more than half of the residents use a second language in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The use of other languages is far above the state and national figures, and 8.6% of residents speak little or no English. While 40% speak only English, common second languages include Mandarin (7.2%), Cantonese (6.5%), Arabic (5.6%), and Italian (3.8%).
8.6% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Strathfield South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13691/strathfield-south/topic/language