31.5% ▲ +125.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Caversham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Caversham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 31% of people in Caversham speak a language other than English at home, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This diversity is far above the state and national figures, making the suburb a linguistic hub within the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 64.3% speak only English, common other languages include Punjabi, Tagalog, Arabic and Hindi. This diversity is reflected in the 3.6% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
3.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Caversham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50277/caversham/topic/language