35.5% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Voyager Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Voyager Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 63% of Voyager Point, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than the national average. Over a third of the population speaks a language other than English at home, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 35.5% of people use another language at home, one of the highest proportions for areas of this size. While this is far above the national figure, only 2.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the state and national averages. Common non-English languages include Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, and Greek.
2.2% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Voyager Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14097/voyager-point/topic/language