Cranbrook · Urban Centre

Language in Cranbrook

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

Almost everyone in Cranbrook (L) speaks English, making it far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average. While 76.7% use only English at home, the number of people speaking other languages has grown from nothing in 2011 to 4.5% of the population.

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📍 Cranbrook, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 4.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas, though still far below the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. Vietnamese is the most common non-English language here, and notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

4.5% ▲ —

Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 4.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Cranbrook, English only is the majority at 97%; Vietnamese is next at 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 Cranbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522016/cranbrook/topic/language