27.7% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Colyton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Colyton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Colyton now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. About 27.7% of residents use another language, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes Colyton one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 64.9% of people speak only English, others commonly use Arabic, Hindi, Tagalog, or Greek. Roughly 3.9% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas.
3.9% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Colyton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10987/colyton/topic/language