20.7% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Miranda · State Electorate
Language in Miranda
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people speak a language other than English in Miranda compared to the rest of New South Wales. While 20.7% of the population use another language at home, this is well below the state average. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively by 75.6% of residents, and the share of people using other languages has fallen 3.1 points since 2011. About 2.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
2.6% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Miranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10052/miranda/topic/language