14.0% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carlton North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carlton North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Carlton North has shifted over the last decade, with far more people now speaking only English. While the area remains more linguistically diverse than most similar suburbs, it is now much less diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 14% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but well below the Australian figure of 22.3%. English is the sole language for 82.8% of residents, while Italian (3.4%) and Greek (1.3%) are the most common other languages.
1.4% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20496/carlton-north/topic/language