58.3% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 98% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Calwell · Federal Electorate
Language in Calwell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Calwell use a language other than English at home, placing this area among the most linguistically diverse in the region. This multicultural makeup is a defining feature of the community, with 58.3% of people speaking a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 35.2% of people, Arabic is the most common other language at 11.3%, followed by Punjabi at 6.5%. This high diversity is reflected in the 10.2% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average of 3.4%.
10.2% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Calwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED205/calwell/topic/language