13.6% ▲ +69.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Croydon North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Croydon North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Croydon North, where 83.9% of residents speak only this language at home. While more people here use a second language than in most similar areas, the figure is still well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.6% of people use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common among these. Only 1.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
1.8% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20684/croydon-north/topic/language