11.3% ▲ +32.3%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Calista · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Calista
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Calista, where 82.1% of people speak only this language at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 11.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the own Australian figure of 22.3%. Similarly, the 1.1% who speak little or no English is a little below both the state and national rates.
1.1% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Calista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507031170/calista/topic/language