7.1% ▲ +98.6%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Richmond North · Urban Centre
Language in Richmond North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Richmond North than across the state. While 7.1% of residents use another tongue at home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. The area is becoming slightly more diverse, as this figure rose 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.3% of the area, with Punjabi being the next most common at 1.3%. Very few people struggle with English here; only 0.7% speak little or no English, which is well below the state average.
0.7% ▲ +81.9%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Richmond North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114026/richmond-north/topic/language