7.7% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carmel · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carmel
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Carmel compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians use another language at home, only 7.7% of Carmel residents do. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82% of residents, with Italian being the most common other tongue at 3.1%. Despite the low overall diversity, the 1.1% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.1% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Carmel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50265/carmel/topic/language