20.9% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Waverley · Council (LGA)
Language in Waverley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A mix of different tongues is heard daily in Waverley, where over one in five people use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most areas, it remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.1% of residents, though the use of other languages rose to 20.9% since 2011. Common non-English languages include Italian, Mandarin and Greek, while the 1.6% who speak little or no English is higher than in most areas.
1.6% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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 Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18050/waverley/topic/language