2.2% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ridgewood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ridgewood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Ridgewood than in most similar areas. English is the dominant tongue here, with only 2.2% of residents speaking another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people speaking a language other than English is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak English only (87.4%), and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the Australian average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Ridgewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32428/ridgewood/topic/language