64.7% ▲ +160.6%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kogarah · State Electorate
Language in Kogarah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 30% of people in Kogarah speak only English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. The area has seen a massive shift in its makeup, with the proportion of people using another language at home jumping 40 points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 64.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While Mandarin (14.8%) and Cantonese (10.7%) are the most common non-English tongues, 13.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
13.2% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10040/kogarah/topic/language