8.8% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Springfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 8.8% of people in Springfield use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is far below the national figure, it marks a distinct local trend in the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.8% of residents. Only 1.4% speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average.
1.4% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13639/springfield/topic/language