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Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan)

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

More than a quarter of people in Caulfield speak a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most Australian areas. While this is slightly below the Victorian average, it remains well above the national figure.

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📍 Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 26.0% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this figure fell 2.0 percentage points since 2011. While English is the most common language at 69.7%, others include Mandarin, Greek, Hindi, and Cantonese. Only 2.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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26.0% ▼ -7.3%

Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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2.7% ▼ -12.6%

Higher than 64% of state electorate 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 Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 89%; Mandarin is next at 4%.

English only 69.7% Mandarin 3.2% Greek 2.0% Hindi 1.0% Cantonese 0.8% Italian 0.8% Vietnamese 0.5% Punjabi 0.2% Tagalog 0.2% Arabic 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 Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21906/caulfield/topic/language