2.6% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Croydon · Council (LGA)
Language in Croydon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few changes have occurred in the linguistic makeup of Croydon since 2011. English is the dominant language here, with only 2.6% of people using another tongue at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 2.6% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32600/croydon/topic/language