59.7% ▲ +419.1%
Higher than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Liverpool · State Electorate
Language in Liverpool
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 60% of people in Liverpool speak a language other than English at home, a figure among the highest for similar areas. This reflects a massive shift in the community, as the share of people using other languages has risen by 48 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 32.6% of residents, while Arabic (14.8%), Vietnamese (7.6%), and Hindi (3.9%) are also common. This high linguistic diversity is mirrored by the 13.3% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
13.3% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Liverpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10046/liverpool/topic/language