17.5% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stepney · Suburb / Locality
Language in Stepney
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Conversations in a few different languages are common in Stepney, where 17.5% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is much higher than in most similar areas. While English remains the main language for 80.4% of residents, the neighborhood shows a notable mix of cultural backgrounds.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Beyond English, Italian is the most common language spoken here at 4.0%, followed by Mandarin at 1.9%. Only 1.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than most similar areas.
1.3% ▼ -38.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
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 Stepney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41382/stepney/topic/language