Canadian, Ballarat

The languages of Canadian

English is the only home language for 86 per cent of residents in Canadian, according to the 2021 Census. Speakers of other languages here has grown by more than a quarter since the previous census. The share speaking another language is 1.4 times the figure for Ballarat.

Residents
4,065
Speak another language
8.4%+25.3%
Languages spoken
31
Born overseas
10.8%

What languages do people in Canadian speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    59-33.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    44+159%
  3. 03
    Urdu
    27+440%
  4. 04
    Malayalam
    23+76.9%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    19+11.8%
  6. 06
    Telugu
    17+467%
  7. 07
    Nepali
    16+45.5%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese
    14+250%
  9. 09
    Hindi
    11-47.6%
  10. 10
    Cantonese
    9+125%

How does Canadian compare with Victoria?

Canadian's share is below Victoria.

Canadian
8.4%
Ballarat
5.9%
Victoria
26.6%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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