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Cabramatta Place's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Cabramatta Place's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
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Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language used at home - Summary | |||||||
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| Cabramatta Place - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Carramar % | Number | % | Carramar % | 2011 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 8,541 | 16.4 | 24.4 | 7,885 | 16.4 | 27.5 | +655 |
| Non-English total | 39,828 | 76.5 | 64.7 | 37,578 | 78.3 | 65.4 | +2,250 |
| Not stated | 3,679 | 7.1 | 10.8 | 2,553 | 5.3 | 7.1 | +1,126 |
| Total Population | 52,048 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 48,017 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,031 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Cabramatta Place in 2021 compared to Carramar shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 16.4% of the population used English only, and 76.5% used a non-English language, compared with 24.4% and 64.7% respectively for Carramar.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Cabramatta Place was Vietnamese, with 41.6% of the population, or 21,670 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Cabramatta Place and Carramar in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage using Vietnamese at home (41.6% compared to 21.5%)
- A larger percentage using Khmer at home (5.8% compared to 1.4%)
- A larger percentage using Cantonese at home (7.5% compared to 3.4%)
- A smaller percentage using Arabic at home (2.6% compared to 12.2%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 2,250 or 6.0%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 656 or 8.3%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Cabramatta Place between 2011 and 2021 were for those using:
- Vietnamese (+4,334 persons)
- Cantonese (-852 persons)
- Serbian (-552 persons)
- Assyrian/Aramaic (+361 persons)
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