Cannons Creek · Suburb / Locality

Language in Cannons Creek

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Cannons Creek, where 88.8% of residents speak only this language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Cannons Creek, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.3% of people use another language at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. Despite this, the 0.6% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.

4.3% ▲ +99.6%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 4.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.6% ▲ +32.7%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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.

Language used at home

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In Cannons Creek, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Cannons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20466/cannons-creek/topic/language