47.7% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.8%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carlton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carlton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Carlton use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This creates a multicultural daily environment where Mandarin is the most common second language, spoken by 16.6% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 47.7% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This high diversity is reflected in the 5.3% who speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas.
5.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Carlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20495/carlton/topic/language