9.0% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Charlestown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Charlestown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.2% of people in Charlestown. While this is far below the state and national figures for multi-lingual homes, the area sees more linguistic diversity than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, the number of people who speak little or no English is very low at 1.3%, well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
1.3% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10884/charlestown/topic/language