Kaleen, Canberra

Languages spoken in Kaleen

The 2021 Census found about 1,900 people in Kaleen, part of Canberra, speaking a language other than English at home. Vietnamese comes next. Canberra has much the same share. For the wider picture, Canberra has a page of its own.

Residents
7,601
Speak another language
24.8%+8.3%
Languages spoken
59
Born overseas
26.9%

What languages are spoken in Kaleen?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    347-8.7%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese
    149+34.2%
  3. 03
    Croatian
    108+14.9%
  4. 04
    Greek
    102-15.0%
  5. 05
    Italian
    88-3.3%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    70-18.6%
  7. 07
    Cantonese
    63+14.5%
  8. 08
    Telugu
    61+64.9%
  9. 09
    Nepali
    60+1400%
  10. 10
    Arabic
    55+31.0%

Where were Kaleen's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up 27 per cent of residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    2960%
  2. 02
    England
    198-0.5%
  3. 03
    India
    166+12.2%
  4. 04
    Vietnam
    121+34.4%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    89+29.0%
  6. 06
    Philippines
    86+13.2%
  7. 07
    Croatia
    70+25.0%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    70+42.9%
  9. 09
    Malaysia
    61+41.9%
  10. 10
    Italy
    56-9.7%

Where does Kaleen sit against Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a lower share than Kaleen.

Kaleen
24.8%
Canberra
23.3%
Australia
21.3%

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

What's Kaleen's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,282+27.0%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,250-8.5%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    256+31.3%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    231+89.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    185+23.3%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    12

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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Kaleen is part of Canberra, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.