29.3% ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Turramurra · Suburb / Locality
Language in Turramurra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 30% of people in Turramurra speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places. Most residents still use English exclusively, but a significant number of households use Mandarin or Cantonese.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29.3% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average. While this is among the highest for similar areas, only 3.9% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.9% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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 Turramurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13998/turramurra/topic/language