With over 41% of Kogarah Council area residents being born overseas, and the majority from non-English speaking backgrounds, there is a huge emphasis on foreign language materials and resources within the libraries in this council area.
There are three libraries in total, with the main one being in Kogarah, and branch libraries in Oatley and South Hurstville. There are large collections of non-English language books, magazines, CD's and DVD's, along with many other foreign language resources.
The country with the highest ancestry representation within this area is China.
For this reason Chinese language resources in both Mandarin and Cantonese, dominate the foreign language sections of all three libraries.
Despite the large percentage of retirees living within this area, and the correspondingly lower than average amount of families with young children, there are still great resources for younger people at all three libraries within the Kogarah Council area.
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