McKellar, Canberra

What McKellar speaks at home

In McKellar, about 690 people use a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census, led by Mandarin. The share speaking another language is 1.2 times the figure for Australia as a whole. That adds up to 43 languages across the suburb.

Residents
2,712
Speak another language
25.5%-0.6%
Languages spoken
43
Born overseas
27.7%

What's spoken at home in McKellar?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    72-17.2%
  2. 02
    Italian
    60-15.5%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese
    53+12.8%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    47+34.3%
  5. 05
    Arabic
    46+64.3%
  6. 06
    Croatian
    40-29.8%
  7. 07
    Greek
    32-22.0%
  8. 08
    Cantonese
    27-12.9%
  9. 09
    Tongan
    20-9.1%
  10. 10
    Punjabi
    19+58.3%

Which countries are McKellar's residents from?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    74-9.8%
  2. 02
    England
    63-12.5%
  3. 03
    India
    56+19.1%
  4. 04
    Italy
    51+2.0%
  5. 05
    Croatia
    400%
  6. 06
    Vietnam
    31-22.5%
  7. 07
    Greece
    28+47.4%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    260%
  9. 09
    Sri Lanka
    26+23.8%
  10. 10
    Philippines
    23-14.8%

Is McKellar more multilingual than Canberra?

Canberra has much the same share.

McKellar
25.5%
Australia
21.3%
Canberra
23.3%

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

What religions are reported in McKellar?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,310-10.9%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,013+24.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    95+11.8%
  4. 04
    Islam
    68+23.6%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    67+63.4%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4+33.3%

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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