41.0% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Willoughby · Council (LGA)
Language in Willoughby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 19 percentage points separates Willoughby from the national average for language diversity, with 41% of residents speaking a language other than English at home. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. The variety of languages spoken has continued to grow since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 12.9%, followed by Cantonese at 7.8%. While 55.5% of people speak only English, 6.8% speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
6.8% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18250/willoughby/topic/language