53.0% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cringila · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cringila
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of Cringila residents speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This high rate of multilingualism is reflected in the fact that 53% of the population uses a language other than English, far above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 40.8% of the area, while Arabic is the most common non-English language at 18.1%. This diversity is linked to the 15.2% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above the 3.4% national average.
15.2% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Cringila [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11117/cringila/topic/language