55.5% ▲ +38.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
The Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Language in The Ponds
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in The Ponds speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This mix of cultures is a defining part of daily life, with 55.5% of people using another language, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Hindi (8.7%) and Punjabi (6.8%) are the most common non-English languages spoken. Despite this diversity, only 3.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 3.4%.
3.9% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 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 The Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13851/the-ponds/topic/language