14.4% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karabar · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Karabar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 80% of people in Karabar speak only English at home. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, with only 14.4% of residents using a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 14.4% of people use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the main language for 79.3% of residents, followed by smaller groups speaking Italian, Punjabi and Mandarin.
1.9% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Karabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101021008/karabar/topic/language