28.1% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Griffith · Suburb / Locality
Language in Griffith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the highest proportions of multilingual residents for its type, Griffith sees 28.1% of people using a language other than English at home. This is well above the Australian figure of 22.3%. A diverse mix of languages is spoken here, including Italian and Punjabi.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 65.1% of people, while Italian (5.0%) and Punjabi (4.6%) are the most common others. About 6.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
6.0% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11788/griffith/topic/language