3.4% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clarendon · Suburb / Locality
Language in Clarendon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Clarendon, where only 3.4% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, reflecting a community with very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, making up 84.1% of the population. While only 3.4% use another language at home, this is much higher than most similar areas, with Vietnamese and Mandarin being the most common non-English languages.
1.3% ▼ -54.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Clarendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30615/clarendon/topic/language