Castletown · Suburb / Locality

Language in Castletown

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

Castletown sits around the middle of similar areas for its use of different languages. English is the dominant tongue here, with only 4.4% of people using another language at home.

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📍 Castletown, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 86% of residents, a figure far below the national 22.3% who use another language. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas.

4.4% ▲ +21.1%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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

0.4% ▼ -11.0%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Castletown, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 0%.

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 Castletown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50273/castletown/topic/language