37.8% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Drummoyne · State Electorate
Language in Drummoyne
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in Drummoyne speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. About 38% of residents use another language, which is 16 percentage points above the national figure. This linguistic diversity has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 58.1% of residents, while Mandarin, Italian, Cantonese and Greek are also common. Around 5.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the state average but has fallen slightly since 2016.
5.8% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Drummoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10025/drummoyne/topic/language