14.4% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karabar · Suburb / Locality
Language in Karabar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 79.3% of people in Karabar. While most residents speak English, the area has a much higher share of people using other languages at home than most similar places. This diversity is reflected in a mix of languages including Italian and Punjabi.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. Similarly, 1.9% speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales average.
1.9% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Karabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12079/karabar/topic/language