Cannons Creek · Urban Centre

Language in Cannons Creek

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

More people use a language other than English at home in Cannons Creek than in most similar areas, though it remains a very English-speaking place. Only 4.5% of residents speak another language, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Cannons Creek, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 88.3% of residents, with small numbers speaking Italian, Mandarin or Arabic. While 4.5% use another language at home, very few people—just 0.6%—speak little or no English.

4.5% ▼ -13.8%

Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 4.5%

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

0.6% ▲ —

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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 Cannons Creek, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Cannons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221013/cannons-creek/topic/language