12.5% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Eglinton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Eglinton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 1.1% of people in Eglinton speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most residents use only English at home, though there is a small mix of other languages spoken in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.5% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national average of 22.3%. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Tagalog, Italian, Punjabi, and Mandarin.
1.1% ▲ +364.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Eglinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50476/eglinton/topic/language