30.0% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Collinswood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Collinswood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people now speak a language other than English in Collinswood. About 30% of the population uses a different language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66% of residents speak only English, others commonly use Greek, Punjabi, Hindi or Mandarin. Only 1.9% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
1.9% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Collinswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40285/collinswood/topic/language