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Canley Vale - Canley Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Canley Vale - Canley Heights

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

Over three quarters of people in Canley Vale - Canley Heights use a language other than English at home. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, where Vietnamese is the most common tongue spoken.

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📍 Canley Vale - Canley Heights, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese is spoken by 40.4% of residents, while only 17.1% speak English only. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 28.8% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is far above the national average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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76.3% ▼ -1.0%

Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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28.8% ▲ +3.2%

Higher than 99% 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 Canley Vale - Canley Heights, Vietnamese is the majority at 55%; English only is next at 23%.

Vietnamese 40.4% English only 17.1% Cantonese 6.9% Arabic 3.6% Mandarin 3.5% Italian 0.6% Tagalog 0.4% Hindi 0.2% Greek 0.1% Punjabi 0.0%

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 Canley Vale - Canley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127021513/canley-vale-canley-heights/topic/language