19.1% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kareela · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kareela
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Kareela, where 79.1% of residents speak only that language at home. While many more people here use a second language than in most similar areas, the overall proportion remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.1% of people use another language at home, though this is well below the Australian figure of 22.3%. The most common non-English languages are Mandarin (4.3%), Greek (2.4%), and Cantonese (2.3%), while 2.3% of residents speak little or no English.
2.3% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Kareela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12081/kareela/topic/language