6.1% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cardigan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cardigan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 92.6% of people in Cardigan. While a small number of residents use other languages, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the Victorian or national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.1% of people speak another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.4%, a result that is well below the state and national figures.
0.4% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Cardigan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20485/cardigan/topic/language