58.7% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carlton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carlton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all households in Carlton use a language other than English, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This variety is reflected in the streets, where 58.7% of people speak a second language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek, and Arabic are the most common non-English languages spoken here. Because of this diversity, 10.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average of 3.4%.
10.4% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Carlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10818/carlton/topic/language