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Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora

Language used at home

In Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora, 65.4% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.

Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.

Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

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Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

Language used at home - Summary
Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Language summaryNumber%Punchbowl %Number%Punchbowl %2006 to 2021
Speaks English only6,86626.722.35,94427.821.5+922
Non-English total16,78665.470.014,26666.772.4+2,520
Not stated2,0197.97.71,1675.56.1+851
Total Population25,671100.0100.021,378100.0100.0+4,293
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Punchbowl %Number%Punchbowl %2006 to 2021
Arabic10,20239.733.78,40239.339.7+1,800
Urdu8763.44.01920.90.6+684
Greek7462.93.41,0605.05.7-315
Vietnamese7112.86.96282.97.2+83
Bengali6032.33.91040.50.4+499
Korean4761.90.35822.70.5-106
Italian4291.70.76262.91.5-197
Cantonese3701.42.74712.24.2-101
Mandarin3471.42.42561.21.6+91
Indonesian2110.82.31500.71.3+60
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora in 2021 compared to Punchbowl shows that there was a larger proportion of people who used English only, and a smaller proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 26.7% of the population used English only, and 65.4% used a non-English language, compared with 22.3% and 70.0% respectively for Punchbowl.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora was Arabic, with 39.7% of the population, or 10,202 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora and Punchbowl in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Arabic at home (39.7% compared to 33.7%)
  • A larger percentage using Korean at home (1.9% compared to 0.3%)
  • A smaller percentage using Vietnamese at home (2.8% compared to 6.9%)
  • A smaller percentage using Bengali at home (2.3% compared to 3.9%)

Emerging groups

Between 2006 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 2,520 or 17.7%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 922 or 15.5%.

The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora between 2006 and 2021 were for those using:

  • Arabic (+1,800 persons)
  • Urdu (+684 persons)
  • Bengali (+499 persons)
  • Greek (-315 persons)

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