31.3% ▲ +41.7%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ringwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Ringwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in three residents in Ringwood speaks a language other than English at home, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most. This diversity has grown quickly, with the proportion of people using another language rising by 9.2 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 64.2% of people speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 9.0%. This high diversity is reflected in the 7.1% who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average of 3.4%.
7.1% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Ringwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211031266/ringwood/topic/language