25.5% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Caulfield South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Caulfield South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 71.1% of people in Caulfield South, though the area is more linguistically diverse than the national average. About one quarter of residents speak another language at home, reflecting a profile that is much more multicultural than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Australian figure of 22.3%. While Mandarin, Greek, Cantonese, and Italian are the most common non-English languages, only 3.0% of residents speak little or no English.
3.0% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Caulfield South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20524/caulfield-south/topic/language