Casey Growth Area
Language used at home
In Casey Growth Area, 50.5971 of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.
Casey Growth Area's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Casey Growth Area's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| Casey Growth Area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Berwick (Foothills) % | Number | % | Berwick (Foothills) % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 37,436 | 45.2 | 77.2 | 36500 | 3,025 | 64.2 | 85.7 | +34,410 |
 Non-English total | 41,949 | 50.6 | 19.6 | 36501 | 1,464 | 31.1 | 11.1 | +40,484 |
| Not stated | 3,522 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 36502 | 224 | 4.8 | 3.2 | +3,298 |
| Total Population | 82,907 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,715 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +78,192 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Casey Growth Area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Berwick (Foothills) % | Number | % | Berwick (Foothills) % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Punjabi | 8,402 | 10.1 | -- | 36088 | 66 | 1.4 | -- | +8,336 |
| Sinhalese | 4,992 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 36033 | 192 | 4.1 | 0.8 | +4,800 |
| Malayalam | 2,584 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 36077 | 39 | 0.8 | 0.3 | +2,546 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 2,389 | 2.9 | -- | 36011 | 137 | 2.9 | 0.4 | +2,252 |
| Hindi | 2,079 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 36016 | 44 | 0.9 | 0.0 | +2,035 |
| Hazaraghi
| 1,849 | 2.2 | -- | 36114 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +1,838 |
| Tamil | 1,804 | 2.2 | -- | 36035 | 68 | 1.5 | 0.0 | +1,735 |
| Gujarati | 1,681 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 36064 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,675 |
| Dari | 1,424 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 36113 | 42 | 0.9 | 0.0 | +1,383 |
| Mandarin | 1,063 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 36007 | 50 | 1.1 | 0.1 | +1,013 |
| Arabic | 968 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 36004 | 51 | 1.1 | 0.4 | +917 |
| Urdu | 806 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 36108 | 13 | 0.3 | -- | +792 |
| Samoan | 789 | 1.0 | -- | 36031 | 4 | 0.1 | -- | +785 |
| Telugu | 664 | 0.8 | -- | 36099 | 8 | 0.2 | -- | +656 |
| Spanish | 503 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 36034 | 57 | 1.2 | 0.3 | +446 |
| French | 497 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 36013 | 51 | 1.1 | -- | +446 |
| Shona | 410 | 0.5 | -- | 36091 | 17 | 0.4 | -- | +392 |
| Khmer | 401 | 0.5 | -- | 36024 | 23 | 0.5 | -- | +378 |
| Pashto | 348 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36086 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +348 |
| Persian | 340 | 0.4 | -- | 36019 | 15 | 0.3 | -- | +326 |
| Greek | 334 | 0.4 | -- | 36015 | 31 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +304 |
| Bengali | 329 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36050 | 19 | 0.4 | -- | +309 |
| Cantonese | 311 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36006 | 17 | 0.4 | -- | +294 |
| Kannada | 306 | 0.4 | -- | 36071 | 25 | 0.5 | -- | +282 |
| Vietnamese | 306 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 36037 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.0 | +284 |
| Marathi | 297 | 0.4 | -- | 36080 | 4 | 0.1 | -- | +293 |
| Turkish | 290 | 0.3 | -- | 36036 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +284 |
| Italian | 268 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 36022 | 51 | 1.1 | 1.1 | +217 |
| Serbian | 200 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36032 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +182 |
| Indonesian | 196 | 0.2 | -- | 36018 | 12 | 0.3 | -- | +184 |
| Nepali | 180 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36081 | 12 | 0.3 | -- | +168 |
| Korean | 160 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 36025 | 3 | 0.1 | -- | +157 |
| Nuer | 157 | 0.2 | -- | 36084 | 8 | 0.2 | -- | +149 |
| Romanian | 152 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36089 | 30 | 0.7 | 1.1 | +122 |
| Swahili | 148 | 0.2 | -- | 36096 | 9 | 0.2 | -- | +138 |
| Afrikaans | 141 | 0.2 | -- | 36044 | 16 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +125 |
| Russian | 131 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 36030 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | +123 |
| Dinka | 129 | 0.2 | -- | 36059 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +130 |
| Thai | 128 | 0.2 | -- | 36102 | 20 | 0.4 | -- | +108 |
| Oromo | 118 | 0.1 | -- | 36085 | 7 | 0.1 | -- | +111 |
| Portuguese | 105 | 0.1 | -- | 36029 | 10 | 0.2 | -- | +95 |
| Polish | 104 | 0.1 | -- | 36028 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +92 |
| Māori (Cook Island) | 87 | 0.1 | -- | 36078 | 9 | 0.2 | -- | +79 |
| Malay | 84 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36076 | 4 | 0.1 | -- | +79 |
| Māori (New Zealand) | 82 | 0.1 | -- | 36079 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +81 |
| Yoruba | 80 | 0.1 | -- | 36120 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Macedonian | 78 | 0.1 | -- | 36026 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +75 |
| Croatian | 75 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36009 | 17 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +58 |
| Fijian Hindustani | 70 | 0.1 | -- | 36002 | 0 | -- | -- | +70 |
| Hungarian | 69 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36017 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +57 |
| Hakka | 61 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 36065 | 7 | 0.2 | -- | +55 |
| Albanian | 57 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36045 | 14 | 0.3 | -- | +43 |
| Assyrian/Aramaic | 57 | 0.1 | -- | 36048 | 0 | -- | -- | +57 |
| Konkani | 57 | 0.1 | -- | 36116 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bosnian | 55 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 36051 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +41 |
| Auslan | 50 | 0.1 | -- | 36049 | 3 | 0.1 | -- | +47 |
| German | 44 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36014 | 9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | +35 |
| Japanese | 42 | 0.1 | -- | 36023 | 3 | 0.1 | -- | +39 |
| Mauritian Creole | 40 | 0.0 | -- | 36119 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Burmese | 37 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 36053 | 3 | 0.1 | -- | +34 |
| Tongan | 31 | 0.0 | -- | 36105 | 0 | -- | -- | +31 |
| Min Nan (incl.Hokkien) | 28 | 0.0 | -- | 36068 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +25 |
| Dutch | 26 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 36010 | 6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | +19 |
| Armenian | 26 | 0.0 | -- | 36047 | 3 | 0.1 | -- | +23 |
| Akan | 20 | 0.0 | -- | 36118 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Krio | 17 | 0.0 | -- | 36121 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Amharic | 17 | 0.0 | -- | 36046 | 3 | 0.1 | -- | +14 |
| Tigrinya | 16 | 0.0 | -- | 36112 | 0 | -- | -- | +16 |
| Somali | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 36094 | 0 | -- | -- | +14 |
| Karen | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 36072 | 0 | -- | -- | +14 |
| Lao | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 36074 | 3 | 0.1 | -- | +11 |
| Kurdish | 12 | 0.0 | -- | 36073 | 0 | -- | -- | +12 |
| Ukrainian | 12 | 0.0 | -- | 36107 | 5 | 0.1 | -- | +7 |
| Serbo-Croatian Yugoslavian, so described | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 36090 | 0 | -- | -- | +11 |
| Czech | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 36056 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +11 |
| Chin Haka | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 36003 | 0 | -- | -- | +11 |
| Slovak | 10 | 0.0 | -- | 36092 | 0 | -- | 0.2 | +10 |
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Casey Growth Area in 2021 compared to Berwick (Foothills) shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 45.2% of the population used English only, and 50.6 used a non-English language, compared with 77.2% and 19.6% respectively for Berwick (Foothills).
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Casey Growth Area was Punjabi, with 10.1% of the population, or 8,402 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Casey Growth Area and Berwick (Foothills) in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage using Punjabi at home (10.1% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage using Sinhalese at home (6.0% compared to 2.0%)
- A larger percentage using Filipino/Tagalog at home (2.9% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage using Malayalam at home (3.1% compared to 0.6%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 40,485 or 2765.4%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 34,411 or 1137.6%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Casey Growth Area between 2011 and 2021 were for those using:
- Punjabi (+8,336 persons)
- Sinhalese (+4,800 persons)
- Malayalam (+2,546 persons)
- Filipino/Tagalog (+2,252 persons)