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Blacktown City

Language used at home

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In Blacktown City, 46.3% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Blacktown City'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.

Blacktown City'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
Blacktown City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%Western Sydney (LGA) %Number%Western Sydney (LGA) %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only188,79347.648.3180,92453.751.0+7,869
Non-English total183,58846.345.7138,14641.043.6+45,442
Not stated24,3956.16.017,8975.35.5+6,498
Total Population396,776100.0100.0336,967100.0100.0+59,809
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
Blacktown City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Western Sydney (LGA) %Number%Western Sydney (LGA) %2016 to 2021
Filipino/Tagalog22,7065.72.020,0275.91.9+2,679
Punjabi20,5545.21.512,0263.61.1+8,528
Hindi17,4294.42.213,4604.02.1+3,969
Arabic11,6872.97.110,2163.07.0+1,471
Gujarati9,3802.40.84,6221.40.6+4,758
Urdu8,5822.21.55,5201.61.1+3,062
Tamil8,0912.01.14,9651.50.9+3,126
Mandarin7,0831.83.94,8311.43.5+2,252
Bengali4,5321.11.13,3931.00.9+1,139
Nepali4,4771.11.31,7640.50.6+2,713
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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 Blacktown City in 2021 compared to Western Sydney (LGA) shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 47.6% of the population used English only, and 46.3% used a non-English language, compared with 48.3% and 45.7% respectively for Western Sydney (LGA).

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Blacktown City was Filipino/Tagalog, with 5.7% of the population, or 22,706 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Blacktown City and Western Sydney (LGA) in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Filipino/Tagalog at home (5.7% compared to 2.0%)
  • A larger percentage using Punjabi at home (5.2% compared to 1.5%)
  • A smaller percentage using Arabic at home (2.9% compared to 7.1%)
  • A smaller percentage using Vietnamese at home (0.4% compared to 3.7%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 45,442 or 32.9%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 7,869 or 4.3%.

The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Blacktown City between 2016 and 2021 were for those using:

  • Punjabi (+8,528 persons)
  • Gujarati (+4,758 persons)
  • Hindi (+3,969 persons)
  • Tamil (+3,126 persons)

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