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Charnwood, Canberra

What Charnwood speaks at home

In Charnwood, one in six residents use a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census, led by Punjabi. The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole. That adds up to 44 languages across the suburb.

Residents
3,023
Speak another language
16.9%+14.6%
Languages spoken
44
Born overseas
18.5%

What languages are spoken in Charnwood?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Punjabi
    43+514%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese
    37-7.5%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    34-27.7%
  4. 04
    Arabic
    32+60.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    32+60.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog
    22-35.3%
  7. 07
    Finnish
    21+40.0%
  8. 08
    Gujarati
    21+600%
  9. 09
    Filipino
    17+41.7%
  10. 10
    Hindi
    15+150%

Which countries are Charnwood's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up about 560 people, most often from India.

  1. 01
    India
    65+622%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    65+12.1%
  3. 03
    England
    64+3.2%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    31-34.0%
  5. 05
    Vietnam
    23-36.1%
  6. 06
    Chile
    20+81.8%
  7. 07
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    19-13.6%
  8. 08
    Thailand
    14+100%
  9. 09
    Papua New Guinea
    13
  10. 10
    Sudan
    12

How does Charnwood compare with Canberra?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Canberra.

Charnwood
16.9%
Australia
21.3%
Canberra
23.3%

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

What religions are reported in Charnwood?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,385+28.0%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,261-15.0%
  3. 03
    Islam
    114+62.9%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    51+325%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    45-6.3%

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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