31.4% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karama · State Electorate
Language in Karama
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 31.4% of people in Karama use a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average. This variety has grown over the last decade and reflects a community that is much more linguistically diverse than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While most people speak only English (58.8%), Tagalog and Greek are the next most common languages at 3.6% each. The share of people who speak little or no English has risen to 5.0%, which is a little above the national figure.
5.0% ▲ +245.1%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Karama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70016/karama/topic/language