45.8% ▲ +80.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cranbourne North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cranbourne North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Cranbourne North use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This variety is seen in daily life, where 45.8% of people speak a language other than English, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the most common language at 49.3%, but Punjabi (5.2%), Hindi (2.1%), and Mandarin (1.3%) are also widely spoken. Around 6.2% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.2% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Cranbourne North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20664/cranbourne-north/topic/language