23.2% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Griffith · Council (LGA)
Language in Griffith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 68.9% of people in Griffith, though nearly a quarter of the population speaks another language at home. This linguistic mix is much more common here than in most similar areas, with the number of people using a second language rising to 23.2% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 23.2% of residents use a language other than English, the most common non-English tongues are Italian at 4.9% and Punjabi at 3.7%. About 4.8% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
4.8% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13450/griffith/topic/language