24.0% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ringwood East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ringwood East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 72.7% of people in Ringwood East. While most residents speak English, about 24% use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This creates a diverse linguistic mix where nearly one in four people speak a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 6.2%, followed by Cantonese at 2.2%. About 5.2% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.2% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Ringwood East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22175/ringwood-east/topic/language