Greenwood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Greenwood

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Much higher shares of people use a language other than English at home in Greenwood compared to most similar areas. While 9.9% of residents speak another language, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

Open map →
📍 Greenwood, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 86.2% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.

9.9% ▲ +12.1%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 10.5%
  • 2021: 9.9%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.9% ▼ -15.4%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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).

More for Greenwood

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Greenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50587/greenwood/topic/language