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Crown and Baptist Streets Village 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.
Crown and Baptist Streets Village 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.
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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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| Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Paddington % | Number | % | Paddington % | 2006 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 13,801 | 66.3 | 80.6 | 11,167 | 55.7 | 76.8 | +2,633 |
| Non-English total | 5,276 | 25.3 | 12.8 | 4,477 | 22.3 | 11.1 | +799 |
| Not stated | 1,743 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 4,388 | 21.9 | 12.1 | -2,646 |
| Total Population | 20,820 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,033 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +786 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area in 2021 compared to Paddington 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, 66.3% of the population used English only, and 25.3% used a non-English language, compared with 80.6% and 12.8% respectively for Paddington.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area was Mandarin, with 3.1% of the population, or 652 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area and Paddington in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage using Mandarin at home (3.1% compared to 0.5%)
- A larger percentage using Cantonese at home (2.3% compared to 0.9%)
- A larger percentage using Thai at home (1.7% compared to 0.5%)
- A larger percentage using Spanish at home (2.4% compared to 1.3%)
Emerging groups
Between 2006 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 799 or 17.8%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 2,634 or 23.6%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Crown and Baptist Streets Village Area between 2006 and 2021 were for those using:
- Spanish (+282 persons)
- Mandarin (+234 persons)
- Thai (+195 persons)
- Russian (-180 persons)
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