5.6% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clontarf · Suburb / Locality
Language in Clontarf
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Clontarf, where only 5.6% of people use another tongue at home. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the national average, creating a community where very few residents struggle with an English language barrier.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 89.2% of residents speak only English, the 5.6% who use another language at home is higher than in most similar areas. This includes small numbers of Tagalog, Mandarin, and Hindi speakers, though only 0.5% of the population speaks little or no English.
0.5% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Clontarf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30629/clontarf/topic/language