18.0% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Croydon - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Croydon - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Croydon - West compared to the rest of Victoria. While 18% of residents speak another language, this is well below the state average of 27.6%. This trend is slowly changing, as the number of people using other languages rose by 2 percentage points since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (78.6%), though Mandarin is the most common second language at 3.9%. Around 3.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Victorian figure and has barely changed since 2016.
3.3% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211031451/croydon-west/topic/language