13.4% ▼ -73.8%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Penrith · State Electorate
Language in Penrith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the middle for its level among similar areas, Penrith is an area where English is the dominant language. Just 13.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 80.5% of the population, with other common languages being Mandarin, Punjabi, Arabic and Hindi. This is a significant shift for Penrith, as the share of people using another language at home fell 38 points since 2011. Meanwhile, the 1.6% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2016.
1.6% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10066/penrith/topic/language