Chaffey · Suburb / Locality

Language in Chaffey

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Chaffey, where 84.1% of people use only this language at home. While many more people here use a second language compared to similar areas, the overall rate remains well below the national figure.

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📍 Chaffey, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 13.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Greek being the most common at 9.0%. Despite this, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

13.2% ▼ -11.2%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.9%
  • 2016: 15.7%
  • 2021: 13.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Chaffey, English only is the majority at 90%; Greek is next at 10%.

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 Chaffey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40239/chaffey/topic/language