13.9% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chisholm · Suburb / Locality
Language in Chisholm
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Chisholm compared to the rest of the territory. While 13.9% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the primary tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 82.8% of residents, though Arabic is the most common second language at 2%. A small number of people speak little or no English (1.4%), which is a little below the national average but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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 Chisholm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80037/chisholm/topic/language