13.5% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Calwell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Calwell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing variety of languages are now heard in Calwell, where 13.5% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.2% of residents, though Arabic, Hindi, Vietnamese and Punjabi are also spoken. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.4% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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 Calwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80029/calwell/topic/language