24.8% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Collingwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Collingwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Diverse voices fill the streets of Collingwood, where nearly a quarter of residents use a language other than English at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the proportion of people speaking other languages has actually fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 68.3% of people, while others speak Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese or Greek. About 5.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas and sits above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.5% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Collingwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206071141/collingwood/topic/language