Carlton River · Suburb / Locality

Language in Carlton River

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

About the same as most similar areas, Carlton River is a place where very few people use a language other than English. Only 2.6% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Carlton River, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant language for 89.6% of the population. While 2.6% use another language at home, there are no residents who speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

2.6%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 2.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Carlton River, English only is the majority at 99%; Cantonese is next at 1%.

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 Carlton River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60100/carlton-river/topic/language