63.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cornwallis · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cornwallis
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people now speak a language other than English in Cornwallis than in 2011. Most of the area's residents now use another language at home, with Cantonese being the most common choice.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 63.6% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the fact that Cantonese is spoken by half of the population, while 34.1% speak little or no English.
34.1% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
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 Cornwallis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11078/cornwallis/topic/language