Campbellfield · Suburb / Locality

Language in Campbellfield

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More than two-thirds of the population in Campbellfield speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with Arabic and Italian being common household languages.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 68.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Consistent with this high diversity, 15.0% of people speak little or no English, a rate far above the 3.4% seen across Australia.

68.4% ▼ -8.4%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 74.7%
  • 2016: 75.9%
  • 2021: 68.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

15.0% ▼ -10.4%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.8%
  • 2021: 15.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Campbellfield, the largest group is Arabic at 42%, followed by English only (37%) and Italian (9%).

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 Campbellfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20455/campbellfield/topic/language