16.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Charlemont · Suburb / Locality
Language in Charlemont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Charlemont speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 16.8% of residents use another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.6% of people, with Punjabi being the most common other tongue at 2.2%. Only 2.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but lower than the Victorian average.
2.2% ▲ +169.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Charlemont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20533/charlemont/topic/language