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Carramar · Suburb / Locality

Language in Carramar

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

Nearly two-thirds of people in Carramar use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its type. This high level of diversity means that English is not the primary language for 64.7% of the population.

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📍 Carramar, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese is the most common non-English language at 21.5%, followed by Arabic at 12.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 18.2% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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64.7% ▼ -1.0%

Higher than 99% 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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18.2% ▼ -1.3%

Higher than 99% 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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Carramar splits fairly evenly between English only (36%) and Vietnamese (32%), with Arabic at 18%.

English only 24.4% Vietnamese 21.5% Arabic 12.2% Cantonese 3.4% Mandarin 3.0% Tagalog 1.0% Italian 0.7% Punjabi 0.6% Hindi 0.6% Greek 0.3%

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 Carramar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10825/carramar/topic/language