26.9% ▲ +98.7%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Campbelltown · State Electorate
Language in Campbelltown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 27% of people in Campbelltown speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This linguistic diversity has grown rapidly, with the proportion of people using other languages rising by 13 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 66.2% of residents, others include Arabic (4%), Hindi (1.4%), and Tagalog (1.3%). Around 3.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most areas but has barely changed since 2016.
3.6% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Campbelltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10014/campbelltown/topic/language