12.9% ▲ +64.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Croydon Hills · Suburb / Locality
Language in Croydon Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Croydon Hills, though a growing number of residents now use other languages at home. While most people speak only English, about 12.9% of the community uses a different language, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 86% of the population, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 5%. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the state and national figures.
1.6% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Croydon Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20683/croydon-hills/topic/language