37.4% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sylvania Waters · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sylvania Waters
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 58.8% of people in Sylvania Waters, but the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. Nearly 37% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The percentage of people using another language at home is among the highest for similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the 8.8% who speak Greek, as well as those speaking Mandarin, Cantonese, and Arabic.
5.1% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Sylvania Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13733/sylvania-waters/topic/language