58.0% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ultimo · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ultimo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Ultimo use a language other than English at home, placing it among the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This strong variety is reflected in the 58% of residents who speak another language, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 17.9%, followed by Cantonese at 6.2%. Because of this diversity, 11.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the 3.4% figure for Australia.
11.2% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Ultimo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14024/ultimo/topic/language