22.3% ▲ +205.1%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Shore · State Electorate
Language in North Shore
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in North Shore than in most similar areas. While 22.3% of residents speak another language, this figure has risen sharply by 15 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area's diversity more aligned with the national figure than the state average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 22.3% of residents speak a language other than English, with Mandarin at 4.2% and Cantonese at 2.4% being the most common. Despite this growth, English remains dominant for 73.4% of people, and the 2.0% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure.
2.0% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10060/north-shore/topic/language