Cannington, Canning

Languages spoken in Cannington

Cannington, in Canning, is a suburb of many languages: about 3,900 people spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. Cannington's share is above Canning, at 1.4 times the rate. The census lists 63 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
6,748
Speak another language
58.2%+16.1%
Languages spoken
63
Born overseas
61.0%

How do Cannington's languages rank?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Punjabi
    830+115%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    637+14.6%
  3. 03
    Indonesian
    238+25.3%
  4. 04
    Arabic
    204+12.1%
  5. 05
    Urdu
    183+6.4%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    167-0.6%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    147+8.1%
  8. 08
    Filipino
    113-1.7%
  9. 09
    Tagalog
    111-25.5%
  10. 10
    Nepali
    108+92.9%

Why doesn't one language lead in Cannington?

Punjabi leads with 830 people. Each of 14 languages reaches one resident in 100.

Which countries are Cannington's residents from?

Among residents born overseas, India leads.

  1. 01
    India
    1,094+49.5%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    3570%
  3. 03
    Malaysia
    317+29.9%
  4. 04
    Indonesia
    269+43.1%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    252-8.7%
  6. 06
    Pakistan
    153+9.3%
  7. 07
    England
    136-6.2%
  8. 08
    Nepal
    113+102%
  9. 09
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    98+60.7%
  10. 10
    New Zealand
    96-15.8%

How does Cannington compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Cannington
58.2%
Canning
41.8%
Australia
21.3%

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

What religions are reported in Cannington?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,012-5.5%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,702+23.8%
  3. 03
    Islam
    848+17.9%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    572+53.8%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    366+39.2%

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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