5.4% ▲ +82.6%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Warrnambool · Council (LGA)
Language in Warrnambool
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Warrnambool, where only 5.4% of people speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, though the proportion of non-English speakers has nearly doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, with Mandarin at 0.9% as the next most common language. While 0.9% of people speak little or no English, this is a little below the Australian figure and has barely changed since 2016.
0.9% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26730/warrnambool/topic/language