49.7% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Zetland · Suburb / Locality
Language in Zetland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Zetland speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 49.7% of people use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 22%, while 5.4% of residents speak little or no English.
5.4% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Zetland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14542/zetland/topic/language