43.5% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Croydon Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Croydon Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 44% of people in Croydon Park speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. While most residents speak English, a significant minority use a variety of other languages daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 43.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the 22.3% national figure. This diversity is reflected in the 7.9% of people who speak little or no English, a rate well above the Australian average of 3.4%. The most common non-English languages used are Italian (7.1%), Arabic (6.8%), Mandarin (6.0%), and Cantonese (4.3%).
7.9% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Croydon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11136/croydon-park/topic/language