36.9% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chatswood - Lane Cove · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Chatswood - Lane Cove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 60% of people in Chatswood - Lane Cove speak only English at home. However, the area is far more linguistically diverse than most of the country, with over a third of residents using a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 36.9% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 10.4%, while 5.5% of people speak little or no English.
5.5% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Chatswood - Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12101/chatswood-lane-cove/topic/language