46.9% ▲ +861.2%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chifley · Federal Electorate
Language in Chifley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all people in Chifley use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a massive shift over the last decade, as the proportion of people speaking another language rose by 42 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 46% of residents speak only English, 46.9% use another language at home, with Tagalog, Punjabi, Hindi, and Arabic being the most common. This is much higher than most areas, and 5.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
5.7% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Chifley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED108/chifley/topic/language