12.3% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chapman · Suburb / Locality
Language in Chapman
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher language diversity than most similar areas is found in Chapman, though it remains far less diverse than the wider territory. While 12.3% of people here use a language other than English at home, this is still 12 points lower than the ACT average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.5% of residents, with Mandarin, Greek and Italian also spoken. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
0.8% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Chapman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80034/chapman/topic/language