Creswick · Urban Centre

Language in Creswick

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

English is the primary language for almost everyone in Creswick, where only 3.4% of people speak another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure and has remained steady for over a decade, meaning most daily interactions happen in English.

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📍 Creswick, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 86.3% of residents speak only English at home, which is far below the 22.3% national figure for other languages. Very few people struggle with English here, as just 0.5% speak little or no English, a figure well below the Victorian average.

3.4% ▼ -3.8%

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 7.2%
  • 2021: 3.4%

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

0.5% ▼ -11.5%

Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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 Creswick, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Creswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215028/creswick/topic/language