Chelsea, Kingston

Languages spoken in Chelsea

Greek is the most common language after English in Chelsea, where about 1,100 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. Chelsea's share is below Australia as a whole. The census lists 46 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
8,196
Speak another language
13.1%-3.5%
Languages spoken
46
Born overseas
21.5%

Which languages lead in Chelsea?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Greek
    148+0.7%
  2. 02
    Russian
    97+12.8%
  3. 03
    Italian
    96+11.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    91+1.1%
  5. 05
    French
    530%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    50+11.1%
  7. 07
    Serbian
    39+34.5%
  8. 08
    Polish
    35+9.4%
  9. 09
    Arabic
    34-5.6%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese
    34+17.2%

Which countries are Chelsea's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up just over one in five residents, most often from England.

  1. 01
    England
    393-4.8%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    145-19.0%
  3. 03
    India
    113-5.8%
  4. 04
    Scotland
    76+16.9%
  5. 05
    South Africa
    75+31.6%
  6. 06
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    68+36.0%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    68-18.1%
  8. 08
    Ireland
    57+23.9%
  9. 09
    Italy
    54+31.7%
  10. 10
    Greece
    45+7.1%

Is Chelsea more multilingual than Kingston?

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

Chelsea
13.1%
Australia
21.3%
Kingston
23.9%

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

What religions are reported in Chelsea?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,987+40.6%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,538-9.2%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    108-9.2%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    69-13.8%
  5. 05
    Islam
    51+37.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    37-7.5%

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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