20.8% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Camperdown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Camperdown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A variety of different tongues are heard in the streets of Camperdown, where about one in five residents speaks a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most other similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.2% of residents, followed by Mandarin at 4.5% and Cantonese at 1.8%. Very few people struggle with English here, as only 1.6% speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure.
1.6% ▼ -39.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Camperdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10780/camperdown/topic/language