23.9% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greenway · Suburb / Locality
Language in Greenway
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in four people in Greenway use a language other than English at home, reflecting a diverse mix of backgrounds. This linguistic variety makes the suburb much more multilingual than most similar areas, though the vast majority of residents still speak English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.9% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the main language for 71% of residents, other common languages include Hindi, Mandarin, Cantonese and Punjabi.
1.8% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Greenway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80066/greenway/topic/language