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Palmerston, Canberra

What Palmerston speaks at home

The 2021 Census found about 1,600 people in Palmerston, part of Canberra, speaking a language other than English at home. The share speaking another language is 1.3 times the figure for Canberra. In all, 66 languages are spoken in its homes.

Residents
5,469
Speak another language
29.5%+8.3%
Languages spoken
66
Born overseas
28.9%

What languages are spoken in Palmerston?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    268+0.8%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese
    163+17.3%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    87-5.4%
  4. 04
    Urdu
    77+24.2%
  5. 05
    Arabic
    67+86.1%
  6. 06
    Punjabi
    66+187%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    60-25.0%
  8. 08
    Korean
    600%
  9. 09
    Spanish
    52+13.0%
  10. 10
    Bengali
    45-13.5%

Where were Palmerston's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    2170%
  2. 02
    India
    207+41.8%
  3. 03
    Vietnam
    132+30.7%
  4. 04
    England
    114-1.7%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    62-17.3%
  6. 06
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    51-13.6%
  7. 07
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    45+28.6%
  8. 08
    Malaysia
    42-12.5%
  9. 09
    New Zealand
    40-16.7%
  10. 10
    Pakistan
    40-31.0%

How does Palmerston compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is 1.4 times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Palmerston (ACT)
29.5%
Canberra
23.3%
Australia
21.3%

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

What's Palmerston's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,245-14.5%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,242+25.4%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    256+4.9%
  4. 04
    Islam
    247+20.5%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    186+18.5%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    5+66.7%

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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