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Padstow - Padstow Heights

Language used at home

In Padstow - Padstow Heights, 41.9% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Padstow - Padstow Heights'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.

Padstow - Padstow Heights'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
Padstow - Padstow Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%City of Canterbury Bankstown %Number%City of Canterbury Bankstown %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only9,44853.733.89,26055.034.1+188
Non-English total7,37041.959.16,82640.560.1+544
Not stated7924.57.27614.55.8+31
Total Population17,610100.0100.016,847100.0100.0+763
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
Padstow - Padstow Heights - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language (excludes English)Number%City of Canterbury Bankstown %Number%City of Canterbury Bankstown %2016 to 2021
Arabic1,2687.217.21,0616.317.2+207
Cantonese1,0606.03.71,0376.23.9+23
Mandarin9985.75.19185.45.0+80
Vietnamese7894.57.56373.87.2+152
Greek6353.64.76814.05.4-46
Macedonian2941.70.93001.81.0-6
Filipino/Tagalog1981.11.11540.91.0+44
Indonesian1941.11.21520.91.2+42
Spanish1831.00.91781.10.9+5
Italian1420.81.31641.01.7-22
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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 Padstow - Padstow Heights in 2021 compared to the City of Canterbury Bankstown 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, 53.7% of the population used English only, and 41.9% used a non-English language, compared with 33.8% and 59.1% respectively for the City of Canterbury Bankstown.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Padstow - Padstow Heights was Arabic, with 7.2% of the population, or 1,268 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Padstow - Padstow Heights and the City of Canterbury Bankstown in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Cantonese at home (6.0% compared to 3.7%)
  • A smaller percentage using Arabic at home (7.2% compared to 17.2%)
  • A smaller percentage using Vietnamese at home (4.5% compared to 7.5%)
  • A smaller percentage using Bengali at home (0.3% compared to 2.5%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 544 or 8.0%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 188 or 2.0%.

The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Padstow - Padstow Heights between 2016 and 2021 were for those using:

  • Arabic (+207 persons)
  • Vietnamese (+152 persons)
  • Mandarin (+80 persons)
  • Urdu (+57 persons)

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