17.8% ▲ +154.5%
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cardinia · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Cardinia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A jump of 11 percentage points since 2011 marks a growing trend of linguistic diversity in Cardinia, where 17.8% of people now use a language other than English at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (77.1%), though Punjabi is the most common second language at 2.9%. Only 2.1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.1% ▲ +62.5%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Cardinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21201/cardinia/topic/language