31.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chiswick · Suburb / Locality
Language in Chiswick
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 60.8% of people in Chiswick, though the area is notably diverse. Around 31.5% of residents speak another language at home, a figure well above the national average. This makes the suburb one of the most linguistically diverse areas among similar locations.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is most common, 6.0% of people speak Italian and 5.6% speak Mandarin. About 3.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas, though this is about the same as the national figure.
3.5% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 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 Chiswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10909/chiswick/topic/language