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Language in Westmead

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A striking 71.3% of people in Westmead use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, where only about one in five residents speaks English exclusively.

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📍 Westmead, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most common languages include Hindi at 9.8%, Mandarin at 3.7%, and Punjabi at 3.1%. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 7.4% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the Australian average.

People using another language at home

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71.3% ▲ +6.8%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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7.4% ▼ -19.4%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Westmead, the largest group is English only at 47%, followed by Hindi (21%) and Mandarin (8%).

English only 21.6% Hindi 9.8% Mandarin 3.7% Punjabi 3.1% Arabic 2.6% Cantonese 2.4% Tagalog 1.0% Vietnamese 0.6% Greek 0.5% Italian 0.3%

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 Westmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14278/westmead/topic/language