33.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Language in St Marys
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A wide variety of languages are spoken in the streets of St Marys, where 33.6% of residents use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3% and is among the highest proportions for similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 62.8% of people speak only English, others use Punjabi, Mandarin, Greek, or Arabic. About 3.5% of the community speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas.
3.5% ▼ -42.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41373/st-marys/topic/language