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Chittering · Council (LGA)

Language in Chittering

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary way people communicate in Chittering, with very few residents using other languages. Only 4.5% of people speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Chittering, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 87.8% of the population, and only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average. While the number of people using other languages rose slightly to 4.5% since 2011, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than most other regions.

People using another language at home

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4.5% ▲ +23.2%

Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▲ +4.6%

Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Chittering, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 87.8% Italian 0.2% Arabic 0.2% Greek 0.2% Mandarin 0.2% Vietnamese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51680/chittering/topic/language