16.9% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greensborough · Suburb / Locality
Language in Greensborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 81% of people in Greensborough speak only English at home, making it much less linguistically diverse than the state average. While 16.9% of residents use another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language, though 16.9% of people use another tongue at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Mandarin, Italian, and Greek are the most common other languages, while 1.7% of residents speak little or no English.
1.7% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Greensborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21104/greensborough/topic/language