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Canterbury, Boroondara

The languages of Canterbury

In Canterbury, about 1,900 people speak a language other than English at home, and Chinese leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. Behind it sits Greek. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Boroondara.

Residents
7,766
Speak another language
25.0%+11.3%
Languages spoken
43
Born overseas
29.2%

How many people in Canterbury speak Chinese?

Chinese at home

15%

Mandarin is the larger variety here.

Which other languages are spoken in Canterbury?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    993+24.7%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    168-11.6%
  3. 03
    Greek
    114+10.7%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    109+187%
  5. 05
    Italian
    70-26.3%
  6. 06
    French
    39-32.8%
  7. 07
    Gujarati
    33+65.0%
  8. 08
    Hindi
    32+60.0%
  9. 09
    Arabic
    28+7.7%
  10. 10
    Japanese
    25+178%

Where does Canterbury sit against Australia as a whole?

Canterbury's share is above Australia as a whole, at 1.2 times the rate.

Canterbury (Vic.)
25.0%
Boroondara
27.2%
Australia
21.3%

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

Which countries are Canterbury's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up nearly three in ten residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    787+26.5%
  2. 02
    England
    253-16.2%
  3. 03
    India
    134+30.1%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    115-8.7%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    112-2.6%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    82+43.9%
  7. 07
    Vietnam
    78+100%
  8. 08
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    76-12.6%
  9. 09
    Italy
    63+6.8%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    60+20.0%

What religions are reported in Canterbury?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,507+14.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,416-13.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    230-1.7%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    173+45.4%
  5. 05
    Islam
    49+58.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    41-25.5%

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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Canterbury (Vic.) is part of Boroondara, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.