25.6% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Camberwell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Camberwell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Camberwell than in most similar areas. Around 25.6% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen by 7.0 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While one in four people use another language at home, most of these residents speak English well, with only 3.3% speaking little or no English. Mandarin is the most common second language at 9.2%, followed by Greek at 2.3%.
3.3% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Camberwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011149/camberwell/topic/language