13.5% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Claremont · Suburb / Locality
Language in Claremont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much smaller share of people speak a language other than English in Claremont compared to the rest of the country. While 13.5% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most people here use English only, though the area has a higher rate of non-English speakers than many similar suburbs.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81.3% of residents, with Mandarin being the most common second language at 3.6%. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average and about the same as the state figure.
1.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
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 Claremont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50296/claremont/topic/language