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Chatswood - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Chatswood - East

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

Almost 62% of people in Chatswood - East use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places in the region, where English is the sole language spoken in only about a third of households.

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📍 Chatswood - East, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin and Cantonese are the most common non-English languages, spoken by 23.3% and 12.9% of residents respectively. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 13.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

People who speak little or no English

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13.1% —

Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Chatswood - East, the largest group is English only at 45%, followed by Mandarin (31%) and Cantonese (17%).

English only 33.9% Mandarin 23.3% Cantonese 12.9% Hindi 1.9% Tagalog 0.9% Italian 0.8% Vietnamese 0.8% Arabic 0.5% Greek 0.2% Punjabi 0.2%

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 Chatswood - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121011684/chatswood-east/topic/language