19.6% ▲ +200.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cranbourne South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cranbourne South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five residents in Cranbourne South use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the Victorian figure, the area remains more linguistically diverse than many other small regions in the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 76.2% of the population, though Punjabi is the most common other language at 2.4%. Around 2.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
2.3% ▲ +242.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20665/cranbourne-south/topic/language