12.8% ▲ —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chisholm · Suburb / Locality
Language in Chisholm
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 12% of people in Chisholm speak a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While this is well below the national figure, it shows a growing mix of backgrounds in the local community. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 12.8% of residents use another language at home, with Punjabi being the most common non-English tongue at 1.2%. This is much higher than most similar areas, although a little over 1% of the population still speak little or no English.
1.5% ▲ +83.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Chisholm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10908/chisholm/topic/language