29.7% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Castle Cove · Suburb / Locality
Language in Castle Cove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Castle Cove now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. Around 29.7% of residents use a second language, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 67.7% of residents, while Cantonese (8.7%) and Mandarin (7.9%) are the most common others. About 3.5% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas.
3.5% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Castle Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10844/castle-cove/topic/language