44.7% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Language in Croydon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 45% of people in Croydon speak a language other than English at home, placing it among the highest areas for linguistic diversity. This is far above the national figure, reflecting a community where nearly half of the residents use a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 11.9%, followed by Cantonese at 6.0%. Because of this diversity, the 9.5% of residents who speak little or no English is well above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
9.5% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11135/croydon/topic/language