45.7% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Caroline Springs · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Caroline Springs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Caroline Springs speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most of Australia, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising to 45.7% in the last five years.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 45.7% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 49.7%, others include Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog and Punjabi. This diversity is reflected in the 5.6% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure slightly above the Victorian average.
5.6% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Caroline Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041463/caroline-springs/topic/language