15.2% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Unanderra · Suburb / Locality
Language in Unanderra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher proportion of people in Unanderra use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 15.2% of residents speak another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.7% of residents, though Italian and Arabic are the most common other languages at 1.7% each. About 3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the New South Wales average.
3.0% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Unanderra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14026/unanderra/topic/language