56.0% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Werriwa · Federal Electorate
Language in Werriwa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in three people in Werriwa speak only English at home, yet the area remains highly multilingual. Over half the population uses a language other than English, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 56% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is 11 points lower than in 2011. Common languages include Arabic (11.4%), Vietnamese (6.4%), and Hindi (3.6%), while 9.8% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the Australian average.
9.8% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Werriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED146/werriwa/topic/language