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Allawah · Suburb / Locality

Language in Allawah

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

A vast majority of people in Allawah speak a language other than English at home, making the suburb far more linguistically diverse than most of Australia. About 67.8% of residents use another language, with Mandarin and Cantonese being the most common non-English tongues spoken.

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📍 Allawah, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Nearly 68% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This high diversity is reflected in the 13.3% who speak little or no English, a rate well above the 3.4% seen across Australia.

People using another language at home

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67.8% ▲ +3.7%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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13.3% ▼ -10.0%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Allawah, the largest group is English only at 44%, followed by Mandarin (22%) and Cantonese (17%).

English only 27.6% Mandarin 13.8% Cantonese 10.8% Arabic 3.3% Greek 2.6% Tagalog 2.0% Vietnamese 0.7% Hindi 0.7% Italian 0.5% Punjabi 0.4%

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 Allawah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10038/allawah/topic/language