77.4% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.9%
- 2016: 78.8%
- 2021: 77.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canley Vale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Canley Vale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a defining part of daily life in Canley Vale, where 77.4% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Vietnamese is the most common language spoken at home at 38.3%, followed by Cantonese, Mandarin and Arabic. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 29.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
29.8% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
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 Canley Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10791/canley-vale/topic/language