46.1% ▲ +375.8%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Druitt · State Electorate
Language in Mount Druitt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Mount Druitt compared to the rest of the state. Nearly half the population now uses another language at home, a figure that has climbed sharply over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This is a huge increase from 9.7% in 2011. While English is the most common language at 46.4%, Tagalog, Arabic, Hindi and Punjabi are also widely spoken. Meanwhile, 5.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.8% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 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 Mount Druitt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10054/mount-druitt/topic/language