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Recent arrivals - Language spoken at home

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In 2016, 87.4% of recent overseas arrivals in 2016, spoke a language other than English at home.

The City of Casey's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. For recent arrivals, this is a good indicator of translation services which might be required, as recent arrivals may be less likely to have good English skills. They represent the languages which have increased in prevalence in just the last few years in the City of Casey compared to the total population.

The City of Casey'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.

Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

People born overseas and arriving in Australia between 2016 and 10 Aug 2021

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Language spoken at home - Ranked by size
City of Casey - Recent arrivals2016
LanguageNumber%City of Casey - Total population
Punjabi3,62914.74.6
Hazaraghi3,01412.23.2
Sinhalese2,0768.43.5
Mandarin1,2865.22.2
Dari1,2154.92.0
Hindi1,0804.41.8
Malayalam8663.51.5
Tamil7883.21.7
Filipino5892.40.7
Urdu5752.30.9
Tagalog5522.20.8
Samoan4731.90.8
Arabic4391.81.4
Gujarati3951.60.8
Telugu3791.50.5
Persian (excluding Dari)3581.40.6
Pashto3381.40.7
Khmer3251.30.8
Vietnamese2160.90.8
Cantonese2070.80.6
Swahili1730.70.1
Nepali1690.70.2
Thai1290.50.2
Bengali1290.50.3
Spanish1240.50.9
Kannada1180.50.2
Shona1120.50.2
Malay1050.40.1
Afrikaans990.40.1
Marathi800.30.2
Indonesian760.30.3
Serbian730.30.8
French670.30.5
Korean600.20.3
Bisaya550.20.1
Māori (Cook Island)480.20.2
Konkani460.20.1
Romanian450.20.4
Armenian420.20.1
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic400.20.1
Yoruba390.20.0
Turkish360.10.5
Burmese360.10.1
Russian350.10.2
Māori (New Zealand)340.10.1
Greek330.10.7
Albanian310.10.2
Creole, nfd310.10.2
Cebuano300.10.0
Tongan290.10.1
Southern Asian Languages, nfd280.10.1
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic280.10.0
Fijian260.10.0
Oromo260.10.1
Portuguese240.10.1
Fijian Hindustani230.10.1
French Creole, nfd230.10.1
Chinese, nfd210.10.0
Sindhi210.10.0
Dinka180.10.1
German180.10.1
Italian170.10.6
Tigrinya170.10.0
Japanese160.10.1
Non-verbal, so described150.10.2
Anuak140.10.0
Indo-Aryan, nec130.10.0
Akan130.10.0
Hungarian120.00.2
Mauritian Creole120.00.1
Nuer110.00.1
Lao100.00.1
Hakka100.00.2
Amharic100.00.0
Croatian100.00.3
Uygur100.00.0
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).

Excludes languages with fewer than 10 people speaking them at home.

Language spoken at home - Summary
City of Casey - Recent arrivals2016
Language summaryNumber%City of Casey - Total population
Speaks English only2,54910.353.0
Non-English total21,58287.441.7
Not stated5602.35.3

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).

Language spoken at home, 2016
Language spoken at home, 2016 Punjabi, City of Casey - Total population: 4.6% Hazaraghi, City of Casey - Total population: 3.2% Sinhalese, City of Casey - Total population: 3.5% Mandarin, City of Casey - Total population: 2.2% Dari, City of Casey - Total population: 2.0% Hindi, City of Casey - Total population: 1.8% Malayalam, City of Casey - Total population: 1.5% Tamil, City of Casey - Total population: 1.7% Filipino, City of Casey - Total population: 0.7% Urdu, City of Casey - Total population: 0.9% Punjabi, City of Casey: 14.7% Hazaraghi, City of Casey: 12.2% Sinhalese, City of Casey: 8.4% Mandarin, City of Casey: 5.2% Dari, City of Casey: 4.9% Hindi, City of Casey: 4.4% Malayalam, City of Casey: 3.5% Tamil, City of Casey: 3.2% Filipino, City of Casey: 2.4% Urdu, City of Casey: 2.3%
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2016 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals in the City of Casey in 2016 compared to the total population shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 10.3% of recent overseas arrivals spoke English only, and 87.4% spoke a non-English language, compared with 53.0% and 41.7% respectively for the total population.

The dominant language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals, other than English, in the City of Casey was Punjabi, with 14.7% of the population, or 3,629 people speaking this language at home.

The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the recent overseas arriving population of the City of Casey and the total population in 2016 were:

  • A larger percentage speaking Punjabi at home (14.7% compared to 4.6%)
  • A larger percentage speaking Hazaraghi at home (12.2% compared to 3.2%)
  • A larger percentage speaking Sinhalese at home (8.4% compared to 3.5%)
  • A larger percentage speaking Mandarin at home (5.2% compared to 2.2%)

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