41.5% ▲ +81.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Northfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over four in ten people in Northfield use a language other than English at home, creating a diverse linguistic landscape for the suburb. This is far above the national figure, meaning a wide variety of languages are heard in daily life here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 41.5% of residents speak a language other than English, which is among the highest levels for similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the 6.3% who speak little or no English, while the most common non-English languages are Punjabi, Hindi, and Mandarin.
6.3% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Northfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41050/northfield/topic/language