Croydon, Maroondah

The languages of Croydon

The 2021 Census found 5,000 people in Croydon, part of Maroondah, speaking a language other than English at home. Chin Haka comes next. Maroondah has much the same share. For the wider picture, Maroondah has a page of its own.

Residents
28,111
Speak another language
17.8%+22.0%
Languages spoken
71
Born overseas
23.3%

What's spoken at home in Croydon?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    977+59.6%
  2. 02
    Chin Haka
    612-14.3%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    338+47.6%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    232+46.8%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    214+71.2%
  6. 06
    Punjabi
    175+75.0%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    145+61.1%
  8. 08
    Italian
    139-19.7%
  9. 09
    Arabic
    138+15.0%
  10. 10
    Zomi
    135+6.3%

Where were Croydon's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, England leads.

  1. 01
    England
    1,253-0.7%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    765+54.5%
  3. 03
    Myanmar
    756-2.2%
  4. 04
    India
    644+43.8%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    343+10.3%
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    274+14.2%
  7. 07
    South Africa
    193+21.4%
  8. 08
    Iran
    180+52.5%
  9. 09
    Netherlands
    164-12.8%
  10. 10
    Philippines
    156+9.1%

How does Croydon compare with Victoria?

Victoria has a higher share than Croydon.

Croydon (Vic.)
17.8%
Maroondah
18.6%
Victoria
26.6%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Croydon's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    12,908+28.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    12,284-8.7%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    601+88.4%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    509+20.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    206+108%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    15+25.0%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Croydon (Vic.) is part of Maroondah, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.