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Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ravenswood

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

English is the dominant language for daily life in Ravenswood, where almost 91% of the population speaks only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Ravenswood, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.3% of residents use another language at home, a figure far below the Australian average of 22.3%. Despite this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, even though it remains well below the national figure.

People using another language at home

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3.3% ▲ +86.6%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.1% ▼ -47.4%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Ravenswood, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 0%.

English only 90.9% Tagalog 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2% Punjabi 0.2% Hindi 0.2%

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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51282/ravenswood/topic/language