25.7% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chifley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Chifley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Chifley now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. About 25.7% of residents use another language, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community where a quarter of the population is multilingual.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 71.3% of people speak only English, the 25.7% who use another language is much higher than in most areas. This is seen in the use of Mandarin, Greek, Cantonese and Punjabi, though only 2.0% of residents speak little or no English.
2.0% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Chifley
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Chifley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80036/chifley/topic/language