43.5% ▲ +70.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cranbourne West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cranbourne West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than four in ten people in Cranbourne West speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This high level of diversity means that a wide variety of languages are heard and used in the local community every day.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 43.5% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% national figure. This diversity is reflected in the local mix, where Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 9.5%, and 6.0% of people speak little or no English.
6.0% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Cranbourne West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20666/cranbourne-west/topic/language