38.4% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carnegie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carnegie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Carnegie now speak a language other than English at home than in previous censuses. This shift is striking, with 38.4% of the population using a second language, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common second language at 7.4%, followed by Greek at 3.9%. While 58.2% of people speak only English, 4.8% speak little or no English, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas.
4.8% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Carnegie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20498/carnegie/topic/language