54.5% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Ryde
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the most common language spoken in West Ryde, though it is used by only 41.7% of residents. This area is far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with over half the population speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 54.5% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the high number of people who speak little or no English, at 9.7%, a figure well above the 3.4% seen across Australia.
9.7% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 West Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14268/west-ryde/topic/language