Cardinia Road Precinct
Language used at home
In Cardinia Road Precinct, 22.2603 of people used a language other than English at home in 2016.
Cardinia Road Precinct'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.
Cardinia Road Precinct'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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| Cardinia Road Precinct - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Pakenham - Central % | Number | % | Pakenham - Central % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Speaks English only | 12,401 | 73.4 | 78.8 | 36500 | 6,499 | 82.3 | 84.6 | +5,902 |
 Non-English total | 3,759 | 22.3 | 13.0 | 36501 | 953 | 12.1 | 9.5 | +2,805 |
| Not stated | 727 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 36502 | 444 | 5.6 | 5.8 | +283 |
| Total Population | 16,887 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,897 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,990 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Cardinia Road Precinct - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Pakenham - Central % | Number | % | Pakenham - Central % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Sinhalese | 350 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 36033 | 62 | 0.8 | 0.6 | +287 |
| Punjabi | 343 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 36088 | 25 | 0.3 | -- | +318 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 220 | 1.3 | -- | 36011 | 67 | 0.9 | -- | +153 |
| Arabic | 216 | 1.3 | -- | 36004 | 50 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +166 |
| Hindi | 210 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 36016 | 42 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +168 |
| Mandarin | 162 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 36007 | 41 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +121 |
| Gujarati | 135 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 36064 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +129 |
| Spanish | 122 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 36034 | 41 | 0.5 | -- | +80 |
| Tamil | 119 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 36035 | 15 | 0.2 | -- | +105 |
| French | 89 | 0.5 | -- | 36013 | 37 | 0.5 | -- | +52 |
| Urdu | 86 | 0.5 | -- | 36108 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +69 |
| Italian | 79 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 36022 | 43 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +36 |
| Malayalam | 74 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36077 | 17 | 0.2 | -- | +57 |
| Romanian | 70 | 0.4 | -- | 36089 | 19 | 0.3 | -- | +51 |
| Dari | 70 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 36113 | 24 | 0.3 | -- | +46 |
| Bengali | 65 | 0.4 | -- | 36050 | 23 | 0.3 | -- | +42 |
| Croatian | 62 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36009 | 22 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +40 |
| Dinka | 60 | 0.4 | -- | 36059 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +61 |
| Vietnamese | 51 | 0.3 | -- | 36037 | 32 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +20 |
| Cantonese | 49 | 0.3 | -- | 36006 | 12 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +37 |
| Indonesian | 47 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 36018 | 2 | 0.0 | -- | +46 |
| Shona | 41 | 0.2 | -- | 36091 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +23 |
| Samoan | 41 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 36031 | 23 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +18 |
| Greek | 40 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 36015 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +26 |
| Russian | 36 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36030 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +34 |
| Serbian | 36 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 36032 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +19 |
| Portuguese | 32 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 36029 | 21 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +12 |
| Non-verbal so described | 32 | 0.2 | -- | 36082 | 20 | 0.3 | -- | +13 |
| German | 31 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 36014 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +14 |
| Nuer | 30 | 0.2 | -- | 36084 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +28 |
| Korean | 28 | 0.2 | -- | 36025 | 1 | 0.0 | -- | +27 |
| Afrikaans | 28 | 0.2 | -- | 36044 | 14 | 0.2 | -- | +14 |
| Hungarian | 25 | 0.1 | -- | 36017 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +9 |
| Oromo | 24 | 0.1 | -- | 36085 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +21 |
| Kannada | 24 | 0.1 | -- | 36071 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +24 |
| Telugu | 24 | 0.1 | -- | 36099 | 1 | 0.0 | -- | +24 |
| Khmer | 23 | 0.1 | -- | 36024 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +15 |
| Malay | 22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36076 | 6 | 0.1 | -- | +16 |
| Dutch | 22 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 36010 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +9 |
| Thai | 20 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 36102 | 4 | 0.1 | -- | +16 |
| Hazaraghi | 20 | 0.1 | -- | 36114 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +21 |
| Nepali | 19 | 0.1 | -- | 36081 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +16 |
| Swahili | 17 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36096 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +17 |
| Turkish | 16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36036 | 9 | 0.1 | -- | +8 |
| Polish | 16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36028 | 7 | 0.1 | -- | +9 |
| Bosnian | 15 | 0.1 | -- | 36051 | 6 | 0.1 | -- | +10 |
| Japanese | 12 | 0.1 | -- | 36023 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +5 |
| Fijian Hindustani | 12 | 0.1 | -- | 36002 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +12 |
| Māori (Cook Island) | 11 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36078 | 8 | 0.1 | -- | +3 |
| Auslan | 11 | 0.1 | -- | 36049 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
| Persian | 10 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 36019 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +6 |
| Marathi | 10 | 0.1 | -- | 36080 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | +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 Cardinia Road Precinct in 2016 compared to Pakenham - Central 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, 73.4% of the population used English only, and 22.3 used a non-English language, compared with 78.8% and 13.0% respectively for Pakenham - Central.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Cardinia Road Precinct was Sinhalese, with 2.1% of the population, or 350 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Cardinia Road Precinct and Pakenham - Central in 2016 were:
- A larger percentage using Sinhalese at home (2.1% compared to 0.6%)
- A larger percentage using Punjabi at home (2.0% compared to 0.7%)
- A larger percentage using Filipino/Tagalog at home (1.3% compared to 0.0%)
- A larger percentage using Arabic at home (1.3% compared to 0.0%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2016, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 2,806 or 294.4%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 5,902 or 90.8%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Cardinia Road Precinct between 2011 and 2016 were for those using:
- Punjabi (+318 persons)
- Sinhalese (+287 persons)
- Hindi (+168 persons)
- Arabic (+166 persons)