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Cardiff South · Suburb / Locality

Language in Cardiff South

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

English is the dominant tongue in Cardiff South, where 90.1% of people speak only this language at home. While a small number of residents use other languages, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average.

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📍 Cardiff South, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 5.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English.

People using another language at home

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5.8% ▲ +46.5%

Higher than 64% 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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0.5% ▲ +40.4%

Higher than 71% 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 Cardiff South, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 90.1% Mandarin 0.4% Vietnamese 0.3% Italian 0.3% Greek 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Cardiff South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10810/cardiff-south/topic/language