23.0% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narrabundah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Narrabundah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Narrabundah is shaped by a diverse mix of voices, where nearly a quarter of residents use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most other areas, it aligns closely with the national trend.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 23% of people here speak a language other than English, though only 1.7% speak little or no English. Most residents speak English only (70%), followed by small groups speaking Mandarin, Arabic, Italian and Hindi.
1.7% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Narrabundah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80099/narrabundah/topic/language