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Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons)'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.
Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons)'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.
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Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language used at home - Summary | |||||||
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| Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Hume City % | Number | % | Hume City % | 2001 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 4,461 | 42.3 | 45.2 | 120 | 91.3 | 60.9 | +4,340 |
| Non-English total | 5,684 | 54.0 | 48.8 | 6 | 5.1 | 34.2 | +5,677 |
| Not stated | 390 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.9 | +385 |
| Total Population | 10,535 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 132 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10,403 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) in 2021 compared to Hume City 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, 42.3% of the population used English only, and 54.0% used a non-English language, compared with 45.2% and 48.8% respectively for Hume City.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) was Sinhalese, with 10.8% of the population, or 1,141 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) and Hume City in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage using Sinhalese at home (10.8% compared to 1.6%)
- A larger percentage using Malayalam at home (4.1% compared to 0.6%)
- A smaller percentage using Arabic at home (2.1% compared to 9.3%)
- A smaller percentage using Turkish at home (0.5% compared to 6.1%)
Emerging groups
Between 2001 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 5,678 or 94633.3%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 4,341 or 3617.5%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) between 2001 and 2021 were for those using:
- Sinhalese (+1,141 persons)
- Punjabi (+800 persons)
- Malayalam (+433 persons)
- Hindi (+310 persons)
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