52.4% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chippendale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Chippendale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Chippendale use a language other than English at home. This level is far above the national figure, marking the area as one of the most linguistically diverse in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 52.4% of residents speak another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% national average. While English is the most common language at 39%, Mandarin is spoken by 22% of the population, and 5.2% of people speak little or no English.
5.2% ▼ -36.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Chippendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10906/chippendale/topic/language