51.2% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Croydon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Croydon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Croydon compared to most similar areas. Over half the population uses another language at home, with 51.2% of residents doing so. This makes the suburb far more linguistically diverse than both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 14.7%, followed by Cantonese at 7.9%. This diversity is reflected in the 11.8% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average of 3.4%.
11.8% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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/sa2/120031679/croydon/topic/language