14.6% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Currambine · Suburb / Locality
Language in Currambine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more diverse than most similar areas, Currambine sees 14.6% of its people using a language other than English at home. While this is higher than nearby suburbs, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.2% of residents, while Mandarin and Arabic are the most common other languages. Only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average of 3.4%.
1.1% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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 Currambine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50367/currambine/topic/language