27.3% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Griffith · Urban Area
Language in Griffith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 27.3% of people in Griffith speak a language other than English at home, a figure that is well above the national average. This linguistic diversity has grown over the last decade and is among the highest for areas of this size.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 65.8% of residents speak only English, Italian (5.2%) and Punjabi (4.4%) are the most common other languages. The number of people who speak little or no English has risen to 5.8%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
5.8% ▲ +1243.8%
Higher than 98% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1016/griffith/topic/language