Eastwood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Eastwood

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

More people speak a language other than English in Eastwood than in most similar areas. However, the local figure of 4.8% is still far below both the Victorian and national averages. The vast majority of residents use only English at home.

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📍 Eastwood, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 90.3% of residents. While 4.8% of people use another language at home, which is higher than in similar areas, only 0.3% speak little or no English.

4.8% ▲ +21.3%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.3% ▼ -51.6%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Eastwood, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Eastwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20836/eastwood/topic/language