17.5% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cammeray · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cammeray
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Cammeray speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. While 17.5% of residents use another language, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Most people here use English only, though the area has a higher proportion of non-English speakers than many similar suburbs.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.5% of residents, with Mandarin (2.5%) and Cantonese (1.5%) being the most common other options. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.5% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Cammeray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10777/cammeray/topic/language