25.9% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Camberwell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Camberwell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in Camberwell use a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure, making it a much more linguistically diverse area than most other parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 71.1% speak only English, 25.9% use another language, with Mandarin being the most common at 9.3%. Despite this diversity, only 3.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
3.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Camberwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20453/camberwell/topic/language