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Language in Chatswood

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

A huge shift in the linguistic makeup of Chatswood has seen it become one of the most multilingual areas in the region. Now, 61% of residents speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area a diverse hub where English is no longer the only dominant tongue.

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📍 Chatswood, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common non-English language spoken at 23.3%, followed by Cantonese at 12.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 12.4% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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61.0% ▲ +15.0%

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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12.4% ▼ -11.8%

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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In Chatswood, the largest group is English only at 46%, followed by Mandarin (31%) and Cantonese (16%).

English only 34.8% Mandarin 23.3% Cantonese 12.3% Hindi 1.9% Tagalog 0.9% Vietnamese 0.7% Italian 0.7% Arabic 0.5% Punjabi 0.2% Greek 0.2%

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 Chatswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10891/chatswood/topic/language