12.6% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Claremont · Council (LGA)
Language in Claremont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Claremont compared to the rest of the country. While 12.6% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 82.6% of people at home, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 3.1%. Only 1.1% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits a little below the state average.
1.1% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Claremont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51750/claremont/topic/language