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Chinatown and CBD South Village Area'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.
Chinatown and CBD South Village Area'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 | |||||||
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| Chinatown and CBD South Village Area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | City of Sydney % | Number | % | City of Sydney % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 4,371 | 21.9 | 58.0 | 3,277 | 16.9 | 51.5 | +1,094 |
| Non-English total | 13,858 | 69.5 | 34.8 | 13,741 | 71.0 | 36.1 | +117 |
| Not stated | 1,706 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 2,332 | 12.1 | 12.4 | -626 |
| Total Population | 19,935 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 19,350 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +585 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Chinatown and CBD South Village Area in 2021 compared to the City of Sydney 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, 21.9% of the population used English only, and 69.5% used a non-English language, compared with 58.0% and 34.8% respectively for the City of Sydney.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Chinatown and CBD South Village Area was Mandarin, with 18.3% of the population, or 3,643 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Chinatown and CBD South Village Area and the City of Sydney in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage using Thai at home (15.8% compared to 2.8%)
- A larger percentage using Mandarin at home (18.3% compared to 8.6%)
- A larger percentage using Indonesian at home (10.6% compared to 2.1%)
- A larger percentage using Cantonese at home (5.3% compared to 2.8%)
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 117 or 0.9%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 1,094 or 33.4%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Chinatown and CBD South Village Area between 2016 and 2021 were for those using:
- Korean (-486 persons)
- Thai (-329 persons)
- Spanish (+204 persons)
- Chinese, nfd (-110 persons)
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