58.3% ▲ +2502.0%
Higher than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Parramatta · State Electorate
Language in Parramatta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 58.3% of people in Parramatta use a language other than English at home. This figure is far above the national average and has surged by 56 percentage points since 2011. The area is now one of the most linguistically diverse places in the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 36% of residents, while Mandarin (11%), Cantonese (5.8%), Hindi (4.7%), and Arabic (4.2%) are also common. About 10% of the population speaks little or no English, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average.
10.0% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10065/parramatta/topic/language