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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 21.8% of children aged 0 to 4 years in the Inner West Council spoke a language other than English at home.
The Inner West Council's language statistics show the proportion of the population in the selected age group who speak a language at home other than English, and the main languages spoken. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language at different ages.
The Inner West Council's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth as different cultural groups are better analysed through the different topics. For major language groups, Community of Interest profiles are available for that specific language by a range of characteristics.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner West Council - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | Inner West Council area - Total population | Number | % | Inner West Council area - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Mandarin | 238 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 273 | 2.5 | 3.6 | -35 |
| Non-verbal, so described | 160 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 240 | 2.2 | 0.2 | -80 |
| Spanish | 156 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 130 | 1.2 | 1.5 | +26 |
| Vietnamese | 149 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 179 | 1.7 | 2.0 | -30 |
| Cantonese | 126 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 126 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0 |
| French | 99 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 92 | 0.9 | 0.6 | +7 |
| Greek | 86 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 113 | 1.1 | 2.9 | -27 |
| Italian | 86 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 102 | 0.9 | 2.8 | -16 |
| Portuguese | 79 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 64 | 0.6 | 1.1 | +15 |
| German | 73 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 60 | 0.6 | 0.4 | +13 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner West Council - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Inner West Council area - Total population | Number | % | Inner West Council area - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 6,796 | 74.4 | 69.8 | 7,715 | 71.8 | 64.4 | -919 |
| Non-English total | 1,993 | 21.8 | 25.8 | 2,273 | 21.1 | 28.4 | -280 |
| Not stated | 351 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 764 | 7.1 | 7.2 | -413 |
| Total people | 9,140 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 10,752 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -1,612 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the Inner West Council in 2021 compared to the total population in the Inner West Council shows that there was a larger proportion of people who spoke English only, and a smaller proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 74.4% of children aged 0 to 4 years spoke English only, and 21.8% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 69.8% and 25.8% respectively for the total population in the Inner West Council.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the Inner West Council was Mandarin, with 2.6% of the population, or 238 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for children aged 0 to 4 years of Inner West Council area and the total population in the Inner West Council in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Non-verbal, so described at home (1.8% compared to 0.1%)
- A smaller percentage speaking Greek at home (0.9% compared to 2.7%)
- A smaller percentage speaking Italian at home (0.9% compared to 2.2%)
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of children aged 0 to 4 years who spoke a language other than English at home decreased by 280 or 12.3%, and the number of people who spoke English only decreased by 919 or 11.9%.
The largest change in the spoken languages of children aged 0 to 4 years in Inner West Council area between 2016 and 2021 was for those speaking:
- Non-verbal, so described (-80 persons)
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