45.5% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Caroline Springs · Suburb / Locality
Language in Caroline Springs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multiculturalism has grown significantly in Caroline Springs, where 45.5% of people now speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in its class.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While half of the residents speak only English, others use Vietnamese, Arabic, Punjabi or Tagalog. About 5.4% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the Australian average of 3.4%.
5.4% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Caroline Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20500/caroline-springs/topic/language