57.7% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Telopea · Suburb / Locality
Language in Telopea
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of Telopea residents now speak a language other than English at home, reflecting a significant shift in the area's makeup since 2011. This linguistic diversity is stark, with 57.7% of people using another language, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 36.3% of people, while Mandarin (16.6%) and Cantonese (8.8%) are the most common other tongues. This diversity is linked to a high number of people who speak little or no English, at 14.2%, which is far above the Australian figure of 3.4%.
14.2% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Telopea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13797/telopea/topic/language