16.9% ▼ -41.7%
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Warringah · Federal Electorate
Language in Warringah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 16.9% of people in Warringah use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a significant shift in the area, as the proportion of people speaking other languages has fallen by 12 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 79.7% of residents, with Mandarin, Italian and Cantonese as the next most common. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is a little below the New South Wales average.
1.6% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Warringah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED143/warringah/topic/language