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Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan)

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

English is the main language for 66.5% of people in Ringwood, though the area is notably multilingual. About 30.2% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This linguistic diversity has grown over the last five years.

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📍 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 8.9%, followed by Cantonese at 3.6%. This helps explain why 5.9% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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30.2% —

Higher than 76% 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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5.9% ▼ -0.2%

Higher than 86% 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 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 79%; Mandarin is next at 10%.

English only 66.5% Mandarin 8.9% Cantonese 3.6% Hindi 1.1% Greek 0.9% Vietnamese 0.9% Punjabi 0.9% Italian 0.9% Tagalog 0.3% Arabic 0.3%

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 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27101/ringwood/topic/language